SOLUTION: A tall building casts a shadow of 20ft at the same time a man 6'2" casts a 3 ft shadow. What is the height of the building.
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Question 1092316: A tall building casts a shadow of 20ft at the same time a man 6'2" casts a 3 ft shadow. What is the height of the building.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'll convert everything to inches
in
6'2" = in
in
Let = the height of the building in inches
Multiply both sides by
in
In feet this is:
ft
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Check my math
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