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A teenager 5.9 ft. tall standing beside a school casts a shadow 8 ft. long. The school building casts a shadow 64ft long. What is the height h of the school buil
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A teenager 5.9 ft. tall standing beside a school casts a shadow 8 ft. long. The school building casts a shadow 64ft long. What is the height h of the school building.
h=_____ft
Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let h = height of school building
Here is your proportion and you can then finish.
5.9/h = 8/64
Can you find h with this equation?
Understand what to do?
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