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A tree that is 18 meters tall casts a shadow that is 6 meters long. at the same time, another tree casts a shadow that is 9 meters long. how tall is the second tree?

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height.........shadow
18 m..................6m
x.........................9m
by cross multiplication
x = 9×18/6
x = 27
Therefore the height of the second tree is 27 meters
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