document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=958985>Question 958985</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> to find the height of a tree, a student measured the tree's shadow and her own shadow. If the student's height is 5 ft 8 in., what is the height of the tree? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What was the length of the tree's shadow?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To slolve a proportion you need to know three of the parts.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(height of tree)/(shadow of tree) = (height of person)/(shadow of person)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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