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Q1. Holmes asked Musgrave how tall the
elm tree was. Why did he need to know
this?
Not in story
To find where the end of its shadow had fallen
To work out how long it would have taken to climb
To calculate how many wooden pipes could be made
from it
To compare it to the old oak tree
To know how many men it took to cut it down

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Final answer:

Holmes needed to know the elm tree's height to find where its shadow had fallen.


Explanation:

To find where the end of its shadow had fallen. When Holmes asked Musgrave about the height of the elm tree, he needed to know in order to determine where the end of its shadow had fallen.

Example: This is similar to using the height of a stick to find the length of its shadow on the ground.

Calculating the shadow's length from the height is a common practice in navigation and trigonometry.


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