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A building casts a shadow that is 48 feet long. At the same time, a 6 foot tall man casts a shadow that is 11 feet long. If they two are proportional, calculate, to the nearest foot, the height of the building?

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Answer:

200ft

Explanation:

Say, the height of building is x ft

Then, as given

40/9.6 =x/48

x=48*40/9.6

=200 ft

Im almost high school so thisis what I got.

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