SOLUTION: A 1 m high stake casts a shadow 3.5 m long. Find the height of a tree, in m, that casts a shadow 38.5 m long (at the same time and place).

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Question 1209160: A 1 m high stake casts a shadow 3.5 m long. Find the height of a tree, in m, that casts a shadow 38.5 m long (at the same time and place).
Answer by timofer(105) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1%2F3.5=h%2F38.5, h being this other height

h=38.5%281%2F3.5%29

h=11