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Mary places a mirror on the ground forty-five feet from the base of a geyser. She walks backward until she can see the top of the geyser in the middle of the mirror. At that point, Mary’s eyes are six feet above the ground, and she is seven and a half feet from the mirror. Find the height of the geyser.

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In this exercise we have to have knowledge of triangles, so we can use the theory of similar triangles to find the value of X, like:

[tex]36ft[/tex]

To use similar triangle theory, we have to make a rule of 3, that is:

[tex]6/x=7.5/45[/tex]

[tex]270=7.5x[/tex]

[tex]x=36[/tex]

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