Question

At a certain time of the day a tree casts it's shadow 12.5m feet long . if the height of the tree is 5feet find the height of the another tree that casts it's shadow 20feet long at the same time
use the ratios of similar triangles:
x/20 = 5/12.5
x = 20*5/12.5 = ....

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