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At 3:00 PM a man 138 cm tall casts a shadow 148 cm long. At the same time, a tall building nearby casts a shadow 199 m long. How tall is the building?

User Louis Xie
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well I dont know this stuff but notice that the man is 138 and shadow is 148 its ten cm away exactly so if the 199 shadow was casted then the building is 189m long

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The answer is 51 Meters. I subtracted the man from the building and it's 51 meters.

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