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A radio tower casts an 8-foot-long shadow at the same time that a vertical yardstick casts a shadow one half inch long. If the triangles formed by the objects and their shadows are similar, how tall is the radio tower?

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Answer:

Explanation:

576

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Answer:

Explanation:

1 yard = 1/2in shadow

Then 8ft = 192 * 1/2in

Then the radio tower is 192 yards (1 yard = 3 feet)

The radio tower = 576 feet

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