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a building that is 75 ft high casts a 150 ft shadow. Sarah casts an 8 ft shadow. The triangle formed by the building and its shadow is similar to the triangle formed by sarah and her shadow. How tall is
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a building that is 75 ft high casts a 150 ft shadow. Sarah casts an 8 ft shadow. The triangle formed by the building and its shadow is similar to the triangle formed by sarah and her shadow. How tall is sarah?

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A 4 ft. Shadow? 75/150 is 0.5.
0.5 x 8 is 4.
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