document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=467165>Question 467165</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a lookout tower casts a shadow 200 feet long at the same time that the shadow of a 8 foot truck is 16 feet long. find the height of the tower. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "tower/shadow = truck/shadow<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t/200 = 8/16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t = 200(1/2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t = 100 ft (height of the tower)<BR>\n" );
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