document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=133063>Question 133063</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if a 5 foot 6 person cast a 11 foot shadow and a nearby tree casts a 20 foot shadow how tall is the tree </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "5 feet 6 means 5 feet and 6 inches.   Change 6 inches to .5 ft (1/2 foot)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a proportion with the given information.   There is more than one way to write this proportion.   I will write it as:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "person's height /person's shadow = tree's height/tree's shadow\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5.5/11 = x/20    I used x for the unknown height of the tree.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                  Cross multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11x = 110         Now divide both sides by 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10<BR>\n" );
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