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A 16 ft tall adult giraffe standing next to a

baby giraffe casts a 8 ft shadow. If the
baby giraffe is 6 ft tall, then how long is
its shadow?

User Binoculars
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Answer:

The shadow is 3 ft tall

Explanation:

The older giraffe is 16 ft tall and 8 is half of 16 and 8ft is the length of the shadow so that means that half of the small girafe would be 3ft because half of 6 is 3.

Sorry if its not correct

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