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A tree there is 40 feet tall casts 30- foot shadow. At the same time another tree casts a 20-foot shadow. How tall is the second tree?

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Step-by-step explanation: if the same is true for the other tree, each shadow is -10 feet smaller than the tree itself. If the tree has a 20 foot shadow, you add 10 and get 30.

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