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A very skinny man is standing by a tall tree.The man's shadow is 14 feet and the tree has a shadow that is 40 feet long. If he is 5.5 feet tall
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Question 311865: I need help with this word problem:
A very skinny man is standing by a tall tree.The man's shadow is 14 feet and the tree has a shadow that is 40 feet long. If he is 5.5 feet tall,find how tall the tree is.
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Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5.5/14=X/40 CROSS MULTIPLY.
14X=5.5*40
14X=220
X=220/14
X=15.71 FT. TALL FOR THE TREE.
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