Starla is 5feet 9inches tall. To find the height of a tree,she measured her shadow and the tree's shadow. Her shadow was 8feet long when the trees shadow was 30 feet long. To the nearest foot,how tall is the tree?

Answer 1

Let's set up a proportion and let x equal the height of the tree. Then cross multiply.

5.75/8 = x/30

8x = 172.5
x = 21.56 = 22 feet

Answer 2

where did you get 5.75

Answer 3

5 ft., 9 inches = 5 9/12 = 5.75 feet

Answer 4

a lamppost cast a shadpw that is 24 feet ong. tad who is 6 feet tall is standing directly next to the lampost. his shadow is 15 feet long. about how tall is the lamppost?

Answer 5

9.6 feet

Answer 6

a person is standing 30ft from a flag pole can see the top of the pole at a 35 degree angle of eleation diagram

Answer 7

A Flagpole casts a shadow 160 feet long.at the same time a boy standing nearby who is 5 feet tall casts a shadow 200feet long. Find the number of feet in the height of the flagpole