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MODELING WITH MATHEMATICS You want to determine the height of a monument at a local park. You use a cardboard square to line up the top and bottom of the monument, as shown. Your friend measures the vertical distance from the ground to your eye and the horizontal distance from you to the monument. Approximate the height of the monument to the nearest tenth.

A figure shows a girl standing at some distance from the monument placed on base. A right angle triangle is drawn joining the tip of monument, base of monument and eye of girl and hypotenuse lies along the height of the monument. The length of perpendicular drawn from eye of girl on hypotenuse is labeled 7.2 feet. The height of base of monument is labeled 5.5 feet.

The height is about
feet.

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