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A ladder has a shadow 3.5 meters
long. Marlowe’s shadow is .75
meters long. If Marlowe is 1.5
meters tall, how tall is the ladder?
12 years ago

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Ms. Sue
Cross multiply and solve for x.

x/3.5 = 1.5/0.75

12 years ago

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