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Stels [109]
3 years ago
10

Michael wants to find the length of the shadow of a tree. He measures the height of a fencepost and the length of the shadow it

casts. The fencepost is 3.5 feet tall, and its shadow is 10.5 feet long. Next, Michael measures the height of the tree, and finds it is 6 feet tall. How long is the shadow of the tree?
Mathematics
1 answer:
zmey [24]3 years ago
4 0
The shadow of the tree is about 17.955 feet long.
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