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How tall is the house? please do not round for your answer can someone please help me?

How tall is the house? please do not round for your answer can someone please help-example-1
User Vascowhite
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height of the house is 28.4 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

shadow of the house = 57 feet

height of the house = ?

Height of the girl = 4.7 feet

shadow of the girl = 9.4m

The formula:

height of the house/shadow of the house = height of the girl/shadow of the girl


\begin{gathered} \frac{height\text{ of the house}}{57}=(4.7)/(9.4) \\ \text{cross multiply:} \\ 9.4(\text{height of the house) = 4.7(57)} \\ \end{gathered}
\begin{gathered} \text{height of the house = }(4.7(57))/(9.4) \\ \text{height of the house = }28.4\text{ f}eet \end{gathered}

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