SOLUTION: An artist plans a landscape in which the land's height has a ratio of 8:5 to the sky's height. How high in the 104 inch mural is his horizon? Please help with working! Thanks to wh

Question 810758: An artist plans a landscape in which the land's height has a ratio of 8:5 to the sky's height. How high in the 104 inch mural is his horizon? Please help with working! Thanks to whoever helps me!!!!!
Found 2 solutions by KMST, josmiceli:
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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So the horizon is above the bottom of the mural

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The wording is tough. By the height of
the horizon, i think they mean from the
bottom of the painting to where the
sky meets the land.
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Let = the height of the land , or from
bottom of painting to where land meets sky
= the height of the sky , or
from horizon to top of painting
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Multiply both sides by

The horizon is 64 in high
check:

OK

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