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A 8 ft tall tent standing next to a bird bath casts a 18 ft shadow. If the bird bath is 4 ft tall then how long is its shadow?​

User TheSprinter
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9ft shadow

Set up a proportion with height/shadow
8/18=4/x, cross multiply
8x=72
x=9
User Sange
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