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The lighthouse on the beach casts a shadow that is 4848 feet long. Your friend is 5.55.5 feet tall and casts a shadow that is 2.22.2 feet long. What is the height of the lighthouse?
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The lighthouse on the beach casts a shadow that is 4848 feet long. Your friend is 5.55.5 feet tall and casts a shadow that is 2.22.2 feet long. What is the height of the lighthouse?

User Ambroz Bizjak
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check the picture below.
The lighthouse on the beach casts a shadow that is 4848 feet long. Your friend is-example-1
User Lemonseed
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I think it's ...................
Let H = height of the lighthouse
5.5/2.2 = H/48
5/2 = H/48
H = 5*48/2 = 120 feet
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