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A four foot tall girl cast a shadow of 6 feet. A shade tree cast a shadow of 24feet. What is the height of the tree?

A. 13
B. 12
C. 16
D. 20

User Stephenmm
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the answer is 16.
the girls shadow is 6 feet, and the trees is 24. you get to 24 by multiplying by 4. so do the same thing for the height. if the girls height is 4, multiply by 4 to get to the trees height. 4x4 is 16.
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