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2 years ago

if a 6 ft tall man casts a 9 ft shadow, then how long is the shadow that a 10 ft tall adult elephant casts

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lapo4ka [179]2 years ago

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We have 2 similar triangles here so the correcponding sides are in the same proportion.:-

6/10 = 9 / x

6x = 90

x = 15

The elephant casts a shadow 15 feet long/

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