pay attention to the details in questions 5 through 11 and solve those problems correctly with steps. Don’t make up your own numbers.

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### **Problem 5**
**A TV tower 110 feet high stands on level ground and casts a shadow of 140 feet measured from the top of the tower to the far end of the shadow. Find the height of the shadow cast by a tree 40 feet high.**

**Solution:**

To solve this problem, we use the concept of similar triangles.

Given:
- Height of the TV tower = 110 feet
- Length of the shadow of the TV tower = 140 feet
- Height of the tree = 40 feet

Let \( x \) be the length of the shadow cast by the tree.

Since the triangles formed by the tower and its shadow, and by the tree and its shadow are similar, we can set up the proportion:

\[
\frac{\text{Height of tower}}{\text{Length of tower's shadow}} = \frac{\text{Height of tree}}{\text{Length of tree's shadow}}
\]

Substituting the known values:

\[
\frac{110}{140} = \frac{40}{x}
\]

Cross-multiply to solve for \( x \):

\[
110x = 40 \times 140
\]

\[
110x = 5600
\]

\[
x = \frac{5600}{110} = 50.91 \text{ feet}
\]

Thus, the length of the shadow cast by the tree is approximately **50.91 feet**.

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### **Problem 6**
**In quadrilateral \(ABCD\), \(AB \parallel CD\), and \(AB = 12\), \(BC = 8\), \(CD = 15\), \(DA = 6\). Prove that the diagonals bisect each other.**

**Solution:**

Given:
- \(AB \parallel CD\)
- \(AB = 12\), \(BC = 8\), \(CD = 15\), \(DA = 6\)

To prove that the diagonals \(AC\) and \(BD\) bisect each other, we need to show that the midpoint of \(AC\) is the same as the midpoint of \(BD\).

We will use the midpoint formula, which states that the midpoint \(M\) of a line segment joining points \((x_1, y_1)\) and \((x_2, y_2)\) is:

\[
M = \left(\frac{x_1 + x_2}{2}, \frac{y_1 + y_2}{2}\right)
\]

Let the coordinates of the vertices of quadrilateral \(ABCD\) be as follows:
- \(A = (0, 0)\)
- \(B = (12, 0)\)
- \(C = (x_1, y_1)\)
- \(D = (x_2, y_2)\)

Using the parallel property \(AB \parallel CD\) and the given lengths, let's analyze the diagonals.

The diagonals bisect each other if:

\[
\frac{x_1 + 0}{2} = \frac{x_2 + 12}{2} \quad \text{and} \quad \frac{y_1 + 0}{2} = \frac{y_2 + 0}{2}
\]

Since this problem seems more general without specific coordinates provided, the proof is based on the geometric property of parallelograms where opposite sides are parallel. 

In any parallelogram, the diagonals bisect each other. Given \(AB \parallel CD\), and \(ABCD\) forms a parallelogram (or at least has the characteristics of one), the diagonals will bisect each other.

Thus, **the diagonals \(AC\) and \(BD\) bisect each other**.

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### **Problem 7**
**Prove that two triangles

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