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a student measures the height of a sign to be 2 meters. the shadow of the sign 3 meters. the student notices that at the same time nearby tree has a shadow of 15.6 meters. how tall is the tree? What equation would be used for this?

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Use a proportion.

2/3 = x/15.6

Cross multiply and solve for x.

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