A telephone pole is 60 feet tall. It casts a shadow that's is 24 feet long. A tree that's is next to the flag pole casts a shawd

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Kazeer [188]

3 years ago

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A telephone pole is 60 feet tall. It casts a shadow that's is 24 feet long. A tree that's is next to the flag pole casts a shawd

ow that's is 4ft tall. How tall is the tree

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Margaret [11] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-29T21:02:51+03:00

Margaret [11]3 years ago

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Ok so ratios
height:shadow =60:24
fractionify
60/24=5/2

5:2 is ratio
if shadow of tree=4 then what is height
5:2=x:4
multipliby 2
10:4=x:4
x=10
10 feet