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Michael wants to find the height of a pine tree in his yard. He measures the height of the mailbox at 3 feet and its shadow at 2.4 feet. Then he measures the shadow of the pine tree at 18 feet. How tall is the pine tree?

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Answer:

14.4 ft

Explanation:

18/3=6

2.4*6=14.4

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