SOLUTION: A boy who is 4 ft tall stands in front of a tree that is 24 ft tall. If the tree casts a shadow that is 18 ft long on the ground and the two shadows end at the same point, what is
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Question 1069521: A boy who is 4 ft tall stands in front of a tree that is 24 ft tall. If the tree casts a shadow that is 18 ft long on the ground and the two shadows end at the same point, what is the length of boy's shadow?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The shadows are proportional to the height.
24/18=4/x; cross-multiply.
24x=72
x=3 feet.
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