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a 15 foot tall tree is next to a slide tree is casting a shadow of 20 feet and the slide is casting a shadow that is 16 feet how tall is the slide

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ok ratio and proportion
realheight:shadow=15:20

slide shadow=16
therefor find realheightslide

15:20=realheightslide:16
simplify
3:4=realheight:16
fractionfy
3/4=realheight/16
multiply both sides by 16
48/4=realheight
12=realheight

aswer is 12 feet

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