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A man 6 feet tall casts a shadow 10 feet in length A nearby building casts a shadow that is 62 feet How tall is the building?
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You can solve this with a simple inequality. 6/10 = x/62
Solve for x and that gives you your answer. It comes out to be 37.2 feet.
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How tall is a man that casts a shadow at the same time a 40 ft building casts a 60 ft shadow?
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Ten is to two as 40 is to x, yielding: 200ft.
A building casts a 52-foot shadow At the same time Tonya casts a 4-foot shadow Tonya and her shadow form a triangle that is similar to the triangle formed by the building and its shadow If Tonya?
48
A building casts a 52-foot shadow at the same time Tonya casts a 4-foot?
48
A vertical pole five feet long casts a shadow of 2 feet if at the same time a nearby tree casts a shadow of 10 feet how tall is the tree?
25 feet tall
How tall is a man that casts a shadow at the same time a 40 ft building casts a 60 ft shadow?
If the building casts a shadow, then the sun is out, and any man who is not standing in theshadow of the building will cast a shadow of his own, no matter how short or tall he may be.(If you had told us the length of the man's shadow, it would have been a completely differentquestion, and we could have had a completely different answer to offer in response.)
If a tree 17 feet tall casts a shadow 12 feet long how high is a building that casts a shadow 19 feet long?
To cast a 19 foot shadow the building would have to be 26.91 feet tall. Each foot of building/tree casts 8.47 inches of shadow.
A pole that is 2.6m tall casts a shadow that is 1.51m long At the same time a nearby building casts a shadow that is 42.25m long round your answer to the nearest meter How tall is the building?
Let x = the height of the building. So we have, x/2.6 = 42.25/1.51 x = (2.6)(42.25)/1.51 x =72.75 Thus, the building is 72.75 meter tall.
A tree is 18 feet tall and casts a shadow 6 feet long A nearby sign casts a 3 foot shadow What is the height of the sign?
A 1 foot shadow I think.
A tree is twice as high as the length of the shadow it casts The distance from the tip of tree to the tip of the shadow is 8 feet What is the length of the shadow that the tree casts?
We can not tell because we do not know how straight the tree is or if the ground is perpendicular or level.
A 90-foot tall lakefront hotel casts a shadow on the water how long is the shadow if a nearby 10-foot tall basketball hoop casts a 7-foot shadow?
63 feet
A flagpole casts a shadow of 40 ft nearby a 10-ft tree casts a shadow of 2 ft what is the height of the flagpole?
Ten is to two as 40 is to x, yielding: 200ft.
A building casts a 52-foot shadow At the same time Tonya casts a 4-foot shadow Tonya and her shadow form a triangle that is similar to the triangle formed by the building and its shadow If Tonya?
48
A building casts a shadow that is 348 meters long At the same time a person who is 2 meters tall casts a shadow that is 6 meters long How tall is the building?
116
A 10 ft tree casts a 14 ft shadow If a building casts a 280 ft shadow how tall is the building?
You take 280 times 10 and then divide that by 14 which equals 200 ft.
A building casts a 52-foot shadow at the same time Tonya casts a 4-foot?
48
A vertical pole five feet long casts a shadow of 2 feet if at the same time a nearby tree casts a shadow of 10 feet how tall is the tree?
25 feet tall
