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Faye wants to know how tall her school building is. On a sunny day, she measures the shadow of the building to be 6 feet. At the same time, she measures the shadow cast by a 5 foot statue to be 2 feet. How tall is her school building?
Thank you so much for your help.
Cross multiply and solve for x.
5/2 = x/6
15
To find out the height of the school building, we can use the concept of proportionality. The length of the shadow of an object is proportional to its height.
Let's set up a proportion using the information given:
(height of the building)/(length of the shadow of the building) = (height of the statue)/(length of the shadow of the statue)
Now, we can plug in the given values:
(height of the building)/(6 feet) = (5 feet)/(2 feet)
To solve for the height of the building, we can cross multiply and then divide:
(Height of the building) = (6 feet) * (5 feet) / (2 feet)
Multiplying the numbers and canceling out the unit "feet" gives us:
Height of the building = 30 / 2
Simplifying the fraction results in:
Height of the building = 15 feet
Therefore, Faye's school building is 15 feet tall.