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  • 03-11-2022
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a ferris wheel casts a 42 m shadow. a man two meters tall casts a 3 m shadow. how tall is the first wheel (in meters)?

a ferris wheel casts a 42 m shadow a man two meters tall casts a 3 m shadow how tall is the first wheel in meters class=

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  • 03-11-2022

The ferris wheel cast a shadow of 42 meters Tall.

A man of height 2 meters cast a shadow of 3 meters . The height of the ferris wheel can be computed below

[tex]\begin{gathered} 2\text{ meters = 3 meters} \\ x\text{ meters=42 meters} \\ \text{cross multiply} \\ 3x=84 \\ x=\frac{84}{3} \\ x=28\text{ meters} \end{gathered}[/tex]

height of the ferris wheel = 28 meters

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