Homework Help: math

Posted by Mikiya on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 5:59pm.

on a sunny day a tree casts a shadow that is 146 feet long. at the same time a person who is 5.6 feet tall standing beside the tree casts a shadow that is 11.2 feet long. how tall is the tree?

math - Mikiya, Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 6:08pm
what are you doing
math - Mikiya, Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 6:09pm
im doing inderect measurement
math - PsyDAG, Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 8:53am
Let X = tree height.

X/146 = 5.6/11.2

Solve for X.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.

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