SOLUTION: Airman Martin stands beside a C-130 on the runway at an Air Force base. Airman Martin is 6 feet 3 inches tall and his shadow is 12 feet 1 inch long. The shadow of the plane is 13 f

Question 1120133: Airman Martin stands beside a C-130 on the runway at an Air Force base. Airman Martin is 6 feet 3 inches tall and his shadow is 12 feet 1 inch long. The shadow of the plane is 13 feet long. What is the height of the plane?
A professional basketball court is a rectangle measuring 90 feet by 50 feet. What the dimensions of a scale model if 0.5 inches = 5 feet?
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Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
75 inches tall:145 inches shadow ::13 feet: x shadow length (feet)
cross multiply 75x in-feet=1885 in-feet
x=25.13 feet high
If 0.5 inches=5 feet, 1 inch=10 feet
5 inches=50 feet, multiplying both by 10
9 inches=90 feet
The dimensions are 5 x 9 inches
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