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Anonymous Anonymous
  • 22-01-2016
  • Mathematics
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A boy who is 3 feet tall can cast a shadow on the ground that is 7 feet long. How tall is a man who can cast a shadow that is 14 feet long? Solve this problem by setting up a proportion. Show your work.

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Dansko
Dansko Dansko
  • 22-01-2016

As you can see 7-3=4 and you just subtract 3 from 14 

It is a Proportion

So 14-3=11

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