Homework Help: geometry

Posted by :) on Monday, March 5, 2012 at 10:22am.

Marc is visiting washington dc he wants to know the height of the washington monument the length of the monument shadow is 111 feet long at the same time that marcs shadow is 1 foot long Marc is 5 feet tall using this data find the height of the monument

geometry - Ms. Sue, Monday, March 5, 2012 at 11:48am
x/111 = 5/1

Cross multiply and solve for x.

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