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A 10 foot tall adult elephant standing next to a tent cast a 20 but shadow if the tent casts a shadow that is 10 feet long then how tall is the tent
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A 10 foot tall adult elephant standing next to a tent cast a 20 but shadow if the tent casts a shadow that is 10 feet long then how tall is the tent

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The tent would be five feet tall, as its shadow is half the length of the elephant's, and half of the elephant's height is five.
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