Homework Help: geometry

Posted by eric on Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 6:45pm.

to find the height of a tree, a student 53 inches in height measures the length of the tree's shadow and the length of his own shadow. The student casts a shadow 63 inches in length and the tree casts a shadow 67 inches in length

geometry - Ms. Sue, Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 6:50pm
53/63 = x/67

Cross multiply and solve for x.

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