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xz_007 [3.2K]
2 years ago
5

A building casts a shadow that is 420 meters long. At the same time, a person who is 2 meters tall casts a shadow that is 24 met

ers long. How tall is the building?
The building is meters tall.
Mathematics
1 answer:
sweet-ann [11.9K]2 years ago
8 0

Answer: <u><em>The building is 35 meters tall.</em></u>

Step-by-step explanation:

<em>420 </em><u><em>divided by </em></u><em>24 is 17.5   </em>

<em>17.5 </em><u><em>x </em></u><em>2 is 35 </em>

<em>(im multiplying by two because it says that a person who is 2 meters tall casts a shadow that is 24 meters long. ***)</em>

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