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24-05-2016
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In sunlight, a vertical stick 7 ft tall casts a shadow 3 ft long. At the same time a nearby tree casts a shadow 11 ft long. How tall is the tree? Round to the nearest tenth.

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30-05-2016

ratio of object to shadow = 7/3 = x/11 (where x is the height of the tree)

x = (7 * 11)/3 = 25.7 ft

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