Homework Help: geometry

Posted by kay on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 8:17pm.

when an elephant casts a 2.5 meter shadow, a man 2 meters tall casts a 1.5 meter shadow. how tall is the elephant

geometry - Ms. Sue, Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 8:30pm
Let x = the elephants height

x/2.5 = 2/1.5

1.5x = 5
x = 5/1.5
x = 3.33

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