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. A building 88 ft high casts a 176-ft shadow. Sarah casts a 8-ft shadow. The triangle formed by the building and its shadow is similar to the triangle formed by Sarah and her shadow. How tall is Sarah?

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Sarah has an angle to her shadow and the building has an angle too. Let's suppose the shots were taken in the saame time ( of the day) and that x is the hight of the wee-woman

88:176=x:8

x=88Ă—8:176

x=4 units

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