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Ravi is `1.82` m tall. He wants to find the height of a tree in his backyard, From the tree’s base he walked `12.20` m along the tree’s shadow to a position where the end of his shadow exactly overlaps the end of the tree’s shadow. He is now `6.10` m from the end of the shadow. How tall is the tree?

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  2. In triangle ABC, DE||BC and AD = 1/3 BD. If BC = 4.5cm, Find DE.

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  7. In the adjacent figure, QA and PB are perpendiculars to AB. IF AO= 10c...

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