document.write( "Question 51077: A 6-foot tall man is standing near a tree on level ground(the shadow of the tree is 18 feet long). If the man's shadow is 4 feet long, how many feet tall is the tree? \n" ); document.write( "
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A 6-foot tall man is standing near a tree on level ground(the shadow of the\r\n" );
document.write( "tree is 18 feet long).  If the man's shadow is 4 feet long, how many feet tall\r\n" );
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document.write( "Man's height IS TO Man's shadow AS Tree's height IS TO Tree's shadow\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let the tree's height be x. Then we have\r\n" );
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document.write( "                   6 IS TO 4 AS x IS TO 18\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace the \"IS TO\"'s by \" / \" and the \"AS\" by \" = \"\r\n" );
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document.write( "                     6/4 = x/18\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cross multiply:\r\n" );
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document.write( "                    4x = 6(18)\r\n" );
document.write( "                    4x = 108\r\n" );
document.write( "                     x = 27 feet\r\n" );
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