SOLUTION: how do you solve this.you are 5.5feet tall and cast a 3foot shadow.Your office building cast a 40foot shadow.How tall is the building
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Question 545454: how do you solve this.you are 5.5feet tall and cast a 3foot shadow.Your office building cast a 40foot shadow.How tall is the building
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
how do you solve this.you are 5.5feet tall and cast a 3
foot shadow.Your office building cast a 40foot shadow.
How tall is the building
:
We can use proportion here, let x = height of the building
=
Cross multiply
3x = 5.5 * 40
3x = 220
x =
x = 73 ft
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