Question

a 26 foot tree cast a shadow of 14 feet, a nearby tower cast a shadow of 21 feet, how tall is the tower?
Ms. Sue
You can solve this with a proportion.

26/14 = x/21

Cross multiply and solve for x.

T/21 = 16/14

cross-multiply and it becomes easy to solve

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