Let
be the distance from tree to first measuring point and
be the height of the tree.
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Find the height of the tree :
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.
From the first measurement :
.

From the second measurement :
.

We have two expressions both equal to height
, so set them equal to each other and solve for
.
Therefore, the distance is
.
The height of the tree :
.

The height of the tree is
.