On a sunny day, a 4-foot red kangaroo casts a shadow that is 5 feet long. The shadow of a nearby eucalyptus tree is 20 feet long. Find the height of the tree?

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Wetjosh · Answer 1 · 2021-07-30T22:49:02+0000

Answer:

16 feet

Explanation:

Set up a proportion where x is the height of the tree:

(4)/(5) =
(x)/(20)

Cross multiply and solve for x:

5x = 80

x = 16

So, the tree is 16 feet tall