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Samantha wants to find the height of a pine tree in her yard. She measures the height of the mailbox at 5 feet and its shadow at 6.4 feet. Then she measures the shadow of the tree at 32 feet. How tall
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Samantha wants to find the height of a pine tree in her yard. She measures the height of the mailbox at 5 feet and its shadow at 6.4 feet. Then she measures the shadow of the tree at 32 feet. How tall is the tree?

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3/4.8 = x/56

Cross multiply and solve for x.

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