document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1084510>Question 1084510</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a man is 1.75 m high and the height of the tree is 8.75 m <BR>\n" );
document.write( "express the height of the man as a percentage of the height of the tree<BR>\n" );
document.write( "both the tree and the man stand on hoeizontal ground . at a certain time of the day the tree cast a shadow of length 6m. what is the length of the shadow cast by the man at the time </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Express the man's height as a percentage of the height of the tree.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.75/8.75 x 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 20%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The tree casts a shadow of length 6m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.75/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the length of the man's shadow?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.75/6 = 1.75/x  (x being the man's shadow length)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cross multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6(1.75) = x(8.75)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6(1.75)/8.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1.2m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The man's shadow will be 1.2m long.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps :-)<BR>\n" );
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