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

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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(12126) About Me  (Show Source):
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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