Question

How high is a tree with a 28 ft shadow at the same time a 12 ft pole casts a shadow which is 4 ft long?

Answer 1

84 ft

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To find the height of the tree, we can set up a proportion using the shadow lengths.

Let's call the height of the tree h. We have the proportion:

• 12/4 = h/28

Cross-multiplying gives us:

• 4h = 12 * 28

Dividing both sides by 4, we find that the height of the tree is 84 ft.

The tree is 84 ft tall.