Q: A flagpole casts a shadow that is 50 feet long. At the same time, a woman standing nearby who is…

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Q: If a 20-meter flagpole casts a shadow that is 45 meters long, how long is the shadow cast by a tree…

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Q: A company makes concrete bricks shaped like rectangular prisms. Each brick is 15 inches long, 10…

A: We have to find the number of bricks.

Q: A power pole 10 m tall casts a shadow 8 meters long, at the same time that a building nearby casts a…

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Q: An electrician cuts a 16ft piece of wire into two pieces. One piece is 10 ft shorter than the other…

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Q: How many post does it take to support a fence around a square field measuring 300 feet on a side if…

A: The square field is measuring 300 feet on a side.So, we have total of 300*4= 1200 feet of fencing.

Q: A building that is 15 meters tall casts a shadow that is 9 meters long. At the same time, a tree…

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Q: A building casts a shadow 48 feet long. At the same time, a 40-foot-tall flagpole casts a shadow 9.6…

A: Similar Triangles: Two triangles are said to be similar If the measures of the corresponding sides…

Q: A shadow 45 meters long is cast by a cell phone tower that is 24 meters tall. What is the height of…

A: Given: The cell phone tower AB and stone tower PQ as follows:

Q: A telephone pole casts a shadow that is 50 feet long. Nearby, an 8-foot-tall traffic sign casts a…

A: according to given data length of telephone poleshadow of telephone pole=length of traffic…

Q: A pine tree casts a shadow of 80 feet next to a 30 foot tall building which casts a 40 feet shadow.…

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Q: A ladder 15 feet from the base of a building reaches a window that is 35 feet high. What is the…

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Q: A marble paperweight shaped like a pyramid weighs 2 oz. How much wouldthe paperweight weigh if the…

A: The weight is directly proportional to the volume of the pyramid since its density remains the same.…

Q: A 6 ft board is cut into two pieces, one twice as long as the other. How longare the pieces?

A: Let the length of one piece = x ft length of other piece = 2x ft

Q: A pole that is 3 m tall casts a shadow that is 1.4 m long. At the same time, a nearby tower casts a…

A: We can answer the question as below.

Q: How far is the stake from the foot of the tower?

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Q: A 24-foot ladder resting against a house reaches a windowsill 16 feet above the ground. How far is…

A: Length of ladder=24 foot

Q: A slide is 10 feet long and 6 feet high. How long is its base, from the bottom of the ladder to the…

A: The length of AC=6 ft. The length of BC=10 ft. The objective is to find the length from the bottom…

Q: How high up on a wall does a 34-ft ladder reach if the bottom of the ladder is placed 16 ft from the…

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Q: A vertical rod 10 feet high casts a shadow, at a particular time of day, and 8 feet. A tree, at the…

A: let the height of tree is h feet therefore by law of proportion 10h=8468h=460h=57.5 feet

Q: Another hospital has a similar landing pad'with perimeter 3900 ft. What is the length (in ft) of…

A: Given that: the landing pad for a helicopter at the hospital in the shape of a regular hexagon In…

Q: A 9-foot ladder is placed 4 feet from the base of a building. About how high does the ladder reach?

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Q: Joseph wants to know the height of the tree in his backyard. If Joseph is 5 ft. tall and has a…

A: given height of joseph=5 ft shadow of joseph=7 ft shadow of tree=14 ft

Q: A 2-ft vertical post casts a 20-in shadow at the same time a nearby cell phone tower casts a 115-ft…

A: Given  2 ft vertical post costs a 20 in shadow  20 inches = 2012 = 53 feetCell phone tower costs 115…

Q: A radio tower is supported by two wires that are each 130 yards long and attached to the ground 50…

A: A radio tower is supported by two wires that are each 130 yards long and attached to the ground 50…

Q: How far from the base of the house do you need to place a 15 feet ladder so that it exactly reaches…

A: We use Pythagoras theorem.

Q: A flat-roofed garage casts a shadow that is 9 meters long. At the same time, a 1.8-meter lamppost…

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Q: The moon is 250,000 miles away. How many feet is it from earth?

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Q: The hour hand of a grandfather clock is 8 inches long. How many square inches of the face of the…

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Q: A wheelchair ramp is 9 feet long and sits 214 feet high. How long will a similar ramp be if it is…

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Q: A ladder that is 5 feet long is resting against the top of a wall that is 4 feet high. How far away…

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Q: A smockstack 75 feet high is held by 3 wires attached 10 feet from the top. To the nearest whole…

A: Consider the diagram below.The length AC is the length of each wire.

Q: A company makes concrete bricks shaped like rectangular prisms. Each brick is 12 inches long, 6…

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Q: A 3-foot-tall stake in the ground casts a 1.2-foot-long shadow. At the same time, a tree casts a…

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Q: A line-marking machine lays down lime powder to mark both foul lines on a baseball field. If each…

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Q: How many feet long will the fence be when Travis is finished?

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Q: The base of a 30-foot ladder is 10 feet from a building. If the ladder reaches the flat roof, how…

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Q: A person who is 6 feet tall stands 4 feet from the base of a light pole and casts a 2-foot-long…

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Q: A group of campers measured the length of a shadow cast by a fire lookout tower as 48 ft. long. One…

A: A 6 ft tall camper casts a shadow of 8 ft.Let the shadow is x feet tall. It casts a shadow of 48 ft.

Q: A ladder that is 13 feet long is 5 feet from the base of a wall. How far up the wall does the ladder…

A: In a right angled triangle:- (Perpendicular)^2 + (Base)^2 = (Hypotenuse)^2

Q: A 13-meter ladder is leaning against a vertical wall. If the foot of the ladder is 5 meters away…

A: Given that 13-meter ladder is leaning against a vertical wall and at some time the foot of the…

Q: If you place a 28-foot ladder against the top of a 22-foot building, how many feet wil the bottom of…

A: Given: Height of the building= 22 foot Length of the ladder = 28foot

Q: A 60 foot ladder needs to reach a window that is 47 feet off the grounf. How far away, to the…

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Q: The deck of a destroyer is 100 feet above sea level. How far can a person see from the deck? How far…

A: To find: The distance from which a person can see from the deck. Given information: The deck of a…

Q: A square garden plot has an area of 828 aquare feet. hat is the exact value of the one side garden?

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Q: A tart rope starting from the top of a flagpole and tied to the ground is 15 meters long.If the pole…

A: Given that  Length of rope =15 m  Height of the pole =7 m  To find the distance from rope to base of…

Q: How long would it take for a ball dropped from the top of a 144 foot building to hit the ground

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Q: A 20-foot ladder is 15 feet from a house. How far up the house, to the nearest tenth of a foot, does…

A: Given: A 20 foot ladder is placed on the house and its bottom point is at a distance of 20 feet from…

Q: a 20 food ladder is leaning against a vertical wall. if the foot of the ladder is 8 feet from the…

A: Consider the provided information,

Q: A stake 96 feet high casts a shadow 21 feet long at the same time that a tree casts a shadow 34 feet…

A: A stake 96 feet high casts a shadow 21 feet long at the same time that a tree casts a shadow 34 feet…