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A building casts a shadow that is 420 meters long. At the same time, a person who is 2 meters tall casts a shadow that is 24 meters long. How tall is the building?

The building is meters tall.

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Answer: The building is 35 meters tall.

Step-by-step explanation:

420 divided by 24 is 17.5

17.5 x 2 is 35

(im multiplying by two because it says that a person who is 2 meters tall casts a shadow that is 24 meters long. ***)

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