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Satellite photography makes it possible to measure the diameter of a hurricane, using similar figures. The illustration shows that a camera’s aperture YX is 35 mm and its focal length WZ is 50 mm. The satellite W holding the camera is 150 miles above the hurricane's center at C.

To the nearest mile, the diameter of the hurricane is _____ miles.

Satellite photography makes it possible to measure the diameter of a hurricane using similar figures The illustration shows that a cameras aperture YX is 35 mm class=

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Hello,
1) let's calulate |CZ|
1 mile=1.60934 km
|CZ|=150-0.05*1.60935/1000=149.999919525
As the ratio bethween mile and mm is conserved up and down
d/35=149.99919525/50
==>d=104.99994367275 (miles)

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