document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=500664>Question 500664</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Marvin is trying to find the height of a tree in the school yard.  He is using the proportion    __Marvins's Height__   =  ___tree's height_<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                  __Marvin's shadow length_ ___tree's shadow length__  (I couldnt get it to draw a line to where it would look like it is something on top over something on the bottom)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "His height is 4 feet. His shadow length is 15 inches.  The length of the tree's shadow is 12 feet.  Marvin used the proportion 4/15 = tree/12.  But that gave the tree's height as being shorter than Marvin's.  What went wrong? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "15 inches and 12 feet doesen't work.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15 in = 1.3 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.3/4=12/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.3x=48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=48/1.3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=37 ft </SPAN>\n" );
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