Solve using a proportion. Round to the nearest hundredth. A 9-meter flagpole casts a 7-meter shadow. The cell tower next to the flagpole is 16.2 meters tall. How many meters long is the cell tower’s shadow?

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Solve using a proportion. Round to the nearest hundredth.

A 9-meter flagpole casts a 7-meter shadow. The cell tower next to the flagpole is 16.2 meters tall. How many meters long is the cell tower’s shadow?

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9 / 7 = 16.2 / x
x is the towers shadow
9x / 7 = 16.2
9x = 113.4
x = 12.6
The cell tower's shadow is 12.6 meters long.

Leopold Kristjansson answered Nov 24, 2019

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