Ask question

Ask question

All categories

3 years ago

7

You are 5 feet tall and cast an 8-foot shadow. A lamppost nearby casts a shadow that is 20 feet. Which equation can you use to s

olve for the height (h) of the lamppost?
Options-

5/8 = h/20 8/5 = h/20

5/9 = h/20 5/20 = h/8

Please help ASAP!

2 answers:

nikklg [1K]3 years ago

8 0

Answer:

5/8=h/20

Step-by-step explanation:

im on ttm

aleksandrvk [35]3 years ago

3 0

I believe the answer is the first option. Tell me if i'm wrong. :)

You might be interested in

A class has 18 students. The teacher asks how many students in the class have pets. If 5/9 of the students have pets, how many s

Masja [62]

10 students would have pets because 10/18 is simplified to 5/9 I think

4 0

2 years ago

zhannawk [14.2K]

Answer:

The actual wide of the lawn is 24 meters

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

The scale drawing is

$\frac{2}{1}\frac{mm}{m}$

using proportion

Find out how wide is the actual lawn if the lawn is 48 millimeters in the drawing

Let

x -----> the actual wide of the lawn

$\frac{2}{1}\frac{mm}{m}=\frac{48}{x}\frac{mm}{m}\\\\x=48/2\\\\x=24\ m$

therefore

The actual wide of the lawn is 24 meters

6 0

3 years ago

The sum of twice a number and five is greater than three times the number minus three.

AnnZ [28]

Answer:

x<8

Step-by-step explanation:

2x+5>3x-3

2x+8>3x

8>x

5 0

2 years ago

Read 2 more answers

A migrating bird flies 390 miles in 15 hours. How many miles does it fly in 4 hours?

viva [34]

Answer:

104

Step-by-step explanation:

390/15=26

26 times 4 is 104

6 0

3 years ago

The following data set represents the number of siblings of six students in music class.

VikaD [51]

Where is the number set./..

3 0

2 years ago

Read 2 more answers