SOLUTION: A 6ft tall tent standing next to a cardboard box casts a 9ft shawdow. If the cardboard box casts a shawdow that is 6ft long then how tall is it? How do i solve this problem?

Question 616540: A 6ft tall tent standing next to a cardboard box casts a 9ft shawdow. If the cardboard box casts a shawdow that is 6ft long then how tall is it?
How do i solve this problem?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,

A 6ft tall tent standing next to a cardboard box casts a 9ft shawdow

cardboard box casts a shawdow that is 6ft...how tall is it?

Sets Up the Proportion:

     ||Cross Multiplying to solve

     9x = 36

      x = 36/9 = , how tall the box is 

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