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a tree with a height of 4m casts a shadow 15 m long on the ground. How high is another tree that casts a shadow which is 20m long? A) draw a picture b) write a proportion c) substitute d)solve

User Chris McMillan
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A) Attached picture

B)
(4)/(15)=(x)/(20)

C) Not sure what this means

D) Multiplying both sides by 20,
x=20 \left((4)/(15) \right)=(16)/(3) m.

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