SOLUTION: So Lost Please help! A new department store opens on a hot summer day. Kathy’s job is to stand outside the main entrance and hand out a special supplement to incoming customers.

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A new department store opens on a hot summer day. Kathy’s job is to stand outside the main entrance and hand out a special supplement to incoming customers. The building is 30 feet tall and casts a shadow 8 feet wide in front of the store. If Kathy is 5 feet 6 inches tall, how far away from the building can she stand and still be in the shade? Round to the nearest hundredth.

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A new department store opens on a hot summer day. Kathy’s job is to stand outside the main entrance and hand out a special supplement to incoming customers. The building is 30 feet tall and casts a shadow 8 feet wide in front of the store. If Kathy is 5 feet 6 inches tall, how far away from the building can she stand and still be in the shade? Round to the nearest hundredth.
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8/30 = d/5.5
8d = 165
d = 165/8 feet
Answer by MathTherapy(10810)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So Lost Please help!
A new department store opens on a hot summer day. Kathy’s job is to stand outside the main entrance and hand out a special supplement to incoming customers. The building is 30 feet tall and casts a shadow 8 feet wide in front of the store. If Kathy is 5 feet 6 inches tall, how far away from the building can she stand and still be in the shade? Round to the nearest hundredth. 

She needs to stand 6.533333333 ≈  feet from the main entrance of the building to still be in the shade.

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