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A 6 ft tall tent standing next to a cardboard box costs a 9 ft shadow. If the cardboard box casts a shadow that is 6 ft long, then how tall is it?

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the tent is 3 feet tall
User Aleksander Monk
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6ft tall tent = 9ft shadow
by that logic,
6ft shadow - 3 = 3ft tall cardboard box.