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a statue of abraham lincoln casts a 9-foot shadow at the same time the white house casts 48-foot shadow . if the white house is 70 feet tall , how tall is the statue of abraham lincoln

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Step-by-step explanation:

let's ignore the question, if the statue can cast an isolated shadow based on its location ...

2 objects and their shadows create 2 similar right-angled triangles.

that means all angles are the same, and the side lengths of one triangle correlate to the corresponding side lengths of the other triangle via the same factor.

so,

48 × f = 9

f = 9/48 = 3/16

therefore, the height of the statue is

70 × f = 70 × 3/16 = 210/16 = 13.125 ft

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