Homework Help: geometry

Posted by suemmy on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 12:15pm.

Paula casts a shadow 2 meters long at the same time a tree casts a shadow 28 meters long. The tree is 17.5 meters tall. How tall is Paula?

geometry - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 12:37pm
Use a proportion, cross multiply and solve for x.

2/x = 28/17.5

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