SOLUTION: Mickey is 6 feet tall and casts a shadow 17 feet long . At the same time a nearby tree casts a shadow 102 feet long . What is the height of the tree ?
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Question 697739: Mickey is 6 feet tall and casts a shadow 17 feet long . At the same time a nearby tree casts a shadow 102 feet long . What is the height of the tree ? Answer by Positive_EV(69) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This can be set up as a proportion, as the proportion of the height of an object to its shadow will be the same for all objects.
6:17 = x:102, where x is the height of the tree. This can also be written as
