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A 6 feet tall boy cast a shadow of 9 feet at the same time of the day if the shadow of a tree measures 21 feet what is the height of the tree
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A 6 feet tall boy cast a shadow of 9 feet at the same time of the day if the shadow of a tree measures 21 feet what is the height of the tree
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a 6 feet tall boy cast a shadow of 9 feet at the same time of the day if the shadow of a tree measures 21 feet what is the height of the tree
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Ratio of object to it's shadow = 6/9 = 2/3
So, height of the tree would be: 21 * 2/3 = 14 feet
So, your final answer is 14 feet
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