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Fahim is 6 feet tall. At noon, he stands with the sun behind him casting a shadow. The distance from the top of Fahim’s head to the furthest tip of the shadow is 13 feet. A right triangle with side length 6 feet, s, and hypotenuse 13 feet. [Not drawn to scale] What is the length of Fahim’s shadow? Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

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Answer:

11.5 feet

Explanation:

I just took the quiz on edge

User James Sun
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Answer:

11.5

Explanation:

using Pythagoras theorem

the square of 13 equals the square of 6 and the unknown side

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