document.write( "Question 1085: It's a brilliantly sunny day. I'm 5'2\" tall and my shadow is 6'.
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document.write( "The tree across the street's shadow is 18'. How tall is the tree?\r
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document.write( "The building across the other street is 30' tall . How tall is it's shadow? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #325 by afilatei(2)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let Tree's height = T \n" ); document.write( "Let Tree's Shadow = Ts = 18' \n" ); document.write( "My 6' shadow produced by my 5'2\" height \n" ); document.write( "Tree's 18' shadow is produced by Tree's ((5'2\")/6)*18 = (5'2\")*3 = 15'6\" \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Ans for height of Tree is 15.5' since 12\" = 1'.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If Building across other street is 30' tall,\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And my 5'2\" height produced 6' shadow, \n" ); document.write( "then building's 30' will produce (6/(5'2\"))* 30 = 180/(5'2\") \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "= 180/(31/6) \n" ); document.write( "= ((180 * 6) /31) \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |