SOLUTION: A building is casting a 140 foot casting at the same time a nearby post is casting a 10foot shadow. If the post is 18 feet tall how tall is the building
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Question 1131624: A building is casting a 140 foot casting at the same time a nearby post is casting a 10foot shadow. If the post is 18 feet tall how tall is the building Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, addingup:Answer by ikleyn(52818) (Show Source):
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A building is casting a 140 feetshadow.
At the same time a nearby post is casting a 10 feet shadow.
If the post is 18 feet tall how tall is the building ?
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Use the proportion
= .
From the proportion, find x = = 14*18 = 252 feet. ANSWER
Solved.
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