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when a ferris wheel cast a 20 meter shadow a man 1.8 meters tall cast a 2.4 meter shadow how tall is the ferris wheel
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when a ferris wheel cast a 20 meter shadow a man 1.8 meters tall cast a 2.4 meter shadow how tall is the ferris wheel

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size of man = length of man's shadow
size of wheel length of wheel's shadow

(1.8)/(x) = (2.4)/(20) \\ 1.8*20=2.4x\\ 36=2.4x\\ x=15m
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