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22 March, 20:48

Abel is 6 feet tall and casts an 8-foot shadow. A lamppost next to him casts a 13.5-foot shadow. Use the drop-down menus to build an equation that can be used to find the height, h, of the lamppost.

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  1. 22 March, 22:53
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    Step-by-step explanation:

    this is a proportion word problem

    so 6/8=x/13.5

    notice that the top half of the division is for actual height and lower half is for the height of the shadow.

    cross multiply your equation and then solve for x

    x=10.125
  2. 23 March, 00:30
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    The lamp post height is 11.5 feet
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