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Don is 6 feet tall. At a given time of day, he measures his shadow to be 10 feet long.
At the same time, he measures the shadow length of a nearby tree to be 38 feet. How
tall is the tree?
Round your answer to the nearest whole foot.

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Answer:

Ok, so with this problem, you would start with the equation 6/10=x/38.

Then, cross multiply:

38(6)=10x

After, you would:

38 x 6 = 228

Then:

228/10

Lastly:

x=22.8m which when rounded equals 23 ft.

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