Answer :
The height of tree is 8 feet
Solution:
Given, Micah places a mirror on the ground 24 feet from the base of a tree
At that point, Micah's eyes are 6 feet above the ground
And he is 9 feet from the image in the mirror.
To find : height of tree = ?
Let "n" be the height of tree
From the question, we can see there is a directly proportional relationship between heights and distances.
Proportional relationships are relationships between two variables where their ratios are equivalent.
[tex]\frac{\text { height of micah eyes above ground }}{\text { distance of micah from mirror }}=\frac{\text { height of tree above the ground }}{\text { distance of tree from mirror }}[/tex]
[tex]\begin{array}{l}{\frac{6 \text { feet }}{9 \text { feet }}=\frac{n \text { feet }}{24 \text { feet }}} \\\\ {\frac{6}{9}=\frac{n}{24}} \\\\ {\text { n }=\frac{1}{3} \times 24} \\\\ {\text { n }=8}\end{array}[/tex]
Hence, the height of the tree is 8 feet