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A statue is 70 cm tall. when its shadow is 61 cm? long, the shadow of a certain tree is 22 m long. how tall is the? tree

User Froderik
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Ratio and Proportions
61:70=ratio of statue

?:22=61:70
?/22=61/70
Move 22 over the equal sign
?=61*22/70
?=1342/70
?=19.1714286

The tree is 19.1714286m tall

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