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document.write( "A church steeple casts a shadow 105 ft. long, and at the same time a 6.0-ft. post casts a shadow 5.0 ft long. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "How high is the steeple? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "How high is the steeple?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use a proportion::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s/105 = 6/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "s = 105(6/5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 21*6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 126 ft (steeple height)<BR>\n" );
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