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03-09-2017
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At 3pm, Mikayla’s shadow was 1.2 meters long. Mikayla is 1.7 meters tall. She measures a tree’s shadow to be 7.5 meters. How tall is the tree?

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freddymartinez1 freddymartinez1

03-09-2017

2.5 meters is the answer

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texaschic101 texaschic101

03-09-2017

1.2 / 1.7 = 7.5 / x
cross multiply
(1.2)(x) = (1.7)(7.5)
1.2x = 12.75
x = 12.75 / 1.2
x = 10.625 meters <==

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