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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?
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In the sunlight a vertical stick 9 ft tall casts a shadow 7 feet long a nearby tree casts a shadow 28 ft long how tall is the tree round to the nearest tenth?
36.0 feet
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?
You can solve this with a simple inequality. 6/10 = x/62Solve for x and that gives you your answer. It comes out to be 37.2 feet.
What is the height of a telephone pole that casts a shadow of 15 feet if a 6 foot tall man casts a shadow of 3.5 feet?
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If a girl casts a shadow of 8 feet long and she is 5.5 feet tall how high is a building that casts a 20 foot shadow?
5.5/8 = x/20 x=5.5*20/8 = 13.75 feet
How high is a tree that casts a 25 ft shadow at the same time a 4 ft post casts a shadow which is 8 ft long?
50 feet
In the sunlight a vertical stick 9 ft tall casts a shadow 7 feet long a nearby tree casts a shadow 28 ft long how tall is the tree round to the nearest tenth?
36.0 feet
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 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 28 feet long a person standig nearby casts a shadow eight feet long if the person is six feet how tall is the flagpole?
21 ft how is the equation to give you this result
In sunlight a vertical stick 9 ft tall casts a shadow 7 ft long. At the same time a nearby tree casts a shadow 28 ft long. How tall is the tree Round to the nearest tenth.?
The tree is 36.0 feet tall using the tangent ratio.
A vertical pole 5 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?
The tree is 25 feet tall. A 5 foot pole cast a 2 foot shadow. This means that the sun angle causes the shadow to be 2/5 the length of the object casting it. The tree's shadow is 10 feet tall. Multiply 10 feet by 5/2 (inverting the fraction because we're going the other way) and we get 25 feet.
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?
You can solve this with a simple inequality. 6/10 = x/62Solve for x and that gives you your answer. It comes out to be 37.2 feet.
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.
What is the height of a telephone pole that casts a shadow of 15 feet if a 6 foot tall man casts a shadow of 3.5 feet?
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On a sunny day a 5-foot red kangaroo casts a shadow that is 7 feet long The shadow of a nearby eucalyptus tree is 35 feet long Write and solve a proportion to find the height of the tree?
the answer is 25.
How tall is a flagpole on ground level that casts a shadow 35 feet long with a man that stands 6 feet tall and he casts a shadow of 8 feet long?
28 feet
How tall is a tree that casts a 30 ft shadow at the same time an 18 ft pole casts a shadow that is 6 feet long?
It is 90 feet in height
