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  • 03-12-2020
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When a 40-foot pole casts a shadow of
30 feet, how tall is a nearby tree that
casts a shadow of 15 feet?

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musiclover10045
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  • 03-12-2020

Set up a ratio with height over shadow height:

40/30 = x/15

Cross multiply:

40 x 15 = 30x

600 = 30x

Divide both sides by 30:

X = 20

The tree is 20 feet tall.

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  • 03-12-2020

Answer:

20

Step-by-step explanation:

It tells you that a 40 foot pole casts a 30 foot then it asks you how tall is a tree if it casts a 15 foot shadow. We see that 30 is exactly 2 times 15

30 = 2 * 15

So we simply do that to 40 too.

40 / 2 = 20

So 20 is our answer.

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