SOLUTION: A yardstick casts a shadow 84 inches.Find the height of a tree whose shadow is 560 inches in length ? full break down and asnwer

Question 191720: A yardstick casts a shadow 84 inches.Find the height of a tree whose shadow is 560 inches in length ?

full break down and asnwer
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

In other words, "Do my homework for me."

Set up a proportion:

Cross-multiply and solve for x:

That will give you the height of the tree in inches.

Will give you the height in feet.

By the way, you get to do your own arithmetic.

John

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