Joe is 6 feet tall and cast a 3 foot shadow. He is standing next to a building that cast a shadow that is 20 feet long. How tall

Question

Fiesta28 [93]

3 years ago

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Joe is 6 feet tall and cast a 3 foot shadow. He is standing next to a building that cast a shadow that is 20 feet long. How tall

is the building.

Mathematics

2 answers:

masha68 [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-22T02:47:55+03:00

masha68 [24]3 years ago

4 0

Answer:

40 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

lorasvet [3.4K] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-22T04:21:43+03:00

lorasvet [3.4K]3 years ago

4 0

Answer:

40 feet tall

Step-by-step explanation:

6/2 =3

?/2 =20

*2 *2

? = 40

you do inverse operations because 6 divided by 2 is 3... the ? is the variable for how tall the building is... ? divided by 2 = 20 so you multiply 2 and 20 to get the total height