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Tommy is looking at a tall building.

The building is casting a shadow 48
feet long. Tommy is 6 feet tall and
his shadow is 4 feet. How tall is the
building?

Tommy is looking at a tall building. The building is casting a shadow 48 feet long-example-1
User SteB
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Answer:

tommy is 6ft and makes a 4ft tall shadow

which means that the building would make a shorter shadow then its height.

48/4=12

12*6=72

72ft

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