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A 12-foot basketball hoop has a shadow 9.6 ft long. How long is the shadow of a 6-ft adult standing next to the basketball hoop?

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Salsk061 [2.6K]3 years ago

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They are proportional, so we can say:

12/9.6 = 6/x

12x = 57.6

x = 4.8ft

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