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A child 4 feet tall casts a shadow 6 feet long. A nearby tree casts a shadow 27 feet long. How tall is the tree?

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the height is 2/3 as long as the shadow.
so, the height of the tree is 2/3 * 27 = 18 ft

18 ft

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