Lighthouse
Marcel (point J) lies in the grass and sees the top of the tent (point T) and, behind it, the top of the lighthouse (P). | TT '| = 1.2m, | PP '| = 36m, | JT '| = 5m. Marcel lies 15 meters away from the sea (M). Calculate the lighthouse distance from the sea - length of |P'M|.
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- geometry
- similarity of triangles
- arithmetic
- absolute value
- subtraction
- planimetrics
- right triangle
- triangle
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- ratio
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