A telephone pole is 60 feet tall. It casts a shadow that's is 24 feet long. A tree that's is next to the flag pole casts a shawdow that's is 4ft tall. How tall is the tree

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Messiah Sparks

9 October, 18:14

A telephone pole is 60 feet tall. It casts a shadow that's is 24 feet long. A tree that's is next to the flag pole casts a shawdow that's is 4ft tall. How tall is the tree

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Sofia Franco · Answer 1

Ok so ratios

height:shadow = 60:24

fractionify

60/24=5/2

5:2 is ratio

if shadow of tree=4 then what is height

5:2=x:4

multipliby 2

10:4=x:4

x=10

10 feet