document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1195778>Question 1195778</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On a sunny day when a 6 foot tall person casts a shadow 2 feet 6 inches long a tree cast a 40 foot shadow how tall is the tree </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >foot tall person casts a shadow <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > feet <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > inches long (<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2.5ft ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2.5ft\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " a tree cast a <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > foot shadow \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let the height of the tree be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we know that height of the person and tree are proportional to the length of their shadows\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2F2.5=x%2F40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2F2.5=x%2F40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%286%2F2.5%2940=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%286%2F2.5%2940=x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=96ft ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=96ft\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the tree is<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+96ft ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+96ft\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > tall\r<BR>\n" );
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