A stick 1 meter long casts a shadow 0.6 meters long. A building casts a shadow 17 long. How tall is the building (to 2 decimal places)

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Baron Coffey

15 November, 16:19

A stick 1 meter long casts a shadow 0.6 meters long. A building casts a shadow 17 long. How tall is the building (to 2 decimal places)

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Jocelynn Willis · Answer 1

Jocelynn Willis 15 November, 16:27

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The answer is 28.33.

Chasity Riley · Answer 2

28.333333333. If you do a proportion and place it 1 / (?) times. 6 / (17) you should multiply 17 by 1 (17*1) which should equal 17. You now have to divide it so 17 divided by. 6 (17/6) which equals to 28.333333.