A house cast 65-foot shadow. A person standing nearby cast 7.2 foot shadow. Their height is 4.8 feet. What is the height of the

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house?

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Brilliant_brown [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-13T06:52:29+03:00

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Answer:

42.43 feets

Step-by-step explanation:

Given :

(Height of house / shadow of house) = (height of person / shadow of person)

(height of house / 65) = (4.8 / 7.2)

Cross multiply

Height of house * 7.2 = 4.7 * 65

Height of house = 305.5 / 7.2

Height of house = 42.43 feets