In the lake, a sailboat casts a shadow of 4 yards. A buoy that is 2 feet tall casts a shadow of 1 foot. What is the height of th

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tresset_1 [31]

3 years ago

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In the lake, a sailboat casts a shadow of 4 yards. A buoy that is 2 feet tall casts a shadow of 1 foot. What is the height of th

e sailboat?

Mathematics

2 answers:

morpeh [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-13T23:05:51+03:00

morpeh [17]3 years ago

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First you would find that not all the units are the same in this problem, so you convert yards to feet. So 4 yards = 12 feet.

The proportion you would make would be x/12 = 2/1

vladimir1956 [14] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-14T01:11:21+03:00

vladimir1956 [14]3 years ago

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Answer:

24 feet! :-)

Step-by-step explanation: