11-03-2017
Mathematics

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a person who is 5 feet tall is standing 110 feet from the base of a tree, and the tree cast a 120 foot shadow. the person's shadow is 10 feet in length. what is the height of a tree?

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11-03-2017

5/x = 10/120

cross multiply

10x = 600

divide by 10

x = 60

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