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08-09-2016
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A person casts a shadow 3 feet long. The building casts a shadow 15 feet long. The ratio of the petson's shadow to the building's shadow is to . If the other side of the building is 10 feet tall, the person will be __ feet tall.

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KimberlyAlena KimberlyAlena

08-09-2016

1:5
2 feet long.

3 and 15 simplified equals 1 and 5. So if the building is 10 who's is double 5, then the person is 2.

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