document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=66709>Question 66709</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the shadow of a tree is 10 meters long, the shadow a meter stick is .4 meters long. how tall is the tree? 25 meters?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "do you multiply .4 meters by 10 meters? Or do you convert to feet and divide? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #47350 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=47350\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Think about similar triangles in which corresponding sides are proportional.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In one of the triangles, you have the height which represents the height of the tree and the base which represents the length of the tree's shadow.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In the other triangle, you have the height which represents the metre stick and the base which represents the length of the stick's shadow.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, based on the above, we can write and solve a proportion in which h = the height of the tree.  It goes like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The height of the tree : the height of the metre stick as the length of the tree's shadow is to the length of the metre stick's shadow.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In algebrese, this looks like:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=h%2F1+=+10%2F0.4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"h%2F1+=+10%2F0.4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=h+=+25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"h+=+25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >...and since the given dimensions were in metres, the answer is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 25 metres. </SPAN>\n" );
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