Question

An oak tree casts a shadow that is 16 yards long. A wooden column near the oak tree casts a

shadow that is 8 yards long. If the oak tree is 12 yards tall, how tall is the wooden column?
Write your answer as a whole number or a decimal. Do not round.

Answer 1

Wooden Column: 8 yards x

________ = ________, solve for x

Oak tree: 16 yards 12

8/16 = x/12

x12 x12

6 = x, the wooden column is 6 yards tall.

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