document.write( "Question 456102: Wally wants to determine the height of a statue that casts a 129-inch shadow by comparing it to his own height and shadow length. If Wally, who is 63 inches tall, casts a shadow that is 43 inches in length, what is the height of the statue?
\n" ); document.write( "I tried dividing 63 by 43 but it turned out as a decimal.I am not sur ehow to do this problem though =/ \n" ); document.write( "

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Wally wants to determine the height of a statue that casts a 129-inch shadow by
\n" ); document.write( " comparing it to his own height and shadow length.
\n" ); document.write( " If Wally, who is 63 inches tall, casts a shadow that is 43 inches in length, what is the height of the statue?
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\n" ); document.write( "We can use proportion here, let h = height of the statue
\n" ); document.write( " $\"s%2F63\"$ = $\"129%2F43\"$
\n" ); document.write( "cross multiply
\n" ); document.write( "43s = 129*63
\n" ); document.write( "43s = 8117
\n" ); document.write( "s = $\"8117%2F43\"$
\n" ); document.write( "s = 189 inches high \n" ); document.write( "

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