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Posted by help on Monday, March 5, 2012 at 1:29pm.

Suppose the space needle in seattle washington casts a 220 ft shadow at the same time a nearby tourist cast a 2- foot shadow if the tourist is 5.5 feet tall how tall is the space needle

math - Ms. Sue, Monday, March 5, 2012 at 1:45pm
Use a proportion. Cross multiply and solve for x.

x/220 = 5.5/2

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