document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=885100>Question 885100</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A tree in front of Michelle house cast a shadow 18 ft long. If michelle is 5 ft 6 in and casts a shadow 8 feet long, how tall is the tree? Round to the nearest tenth of a foot </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #534915 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=algebrapro18><B>algebrapro18(249)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=algebrapro18><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=534915\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To solve this we set up a proportion between heights of things and the shadows they cast.  We know that the person is 5.5 feet tall and casts an 8 foot shadow so that's our first side of our proportion.  Now we want to compare that to the tree which is x feet long and casts a 18 foot shadow.  So we get the following proportion:<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we cross multiply and solve for x.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18(5.5)=8x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "99 = 8x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "99/8 = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12.4 feet = x\r<BR>\n" );
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