rendan and Jose were standing next to each other in the backyard when Jose challenged Brendan to guess how tall he was.  Brendan knew his own height is 6.7 feet and when they measured their shadows, Brendan's shadow was 13 feet long and Jose's was 12.35 feet long.  What is Jose's height

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Section8.7: Solve Proportion And Similar Figure Applications
Problem 8.159TI: A telephone pole casts a shadow that s 50 feet long. Nearby, an 8 foot tall traffic sign casts a...
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Brendan and Jose were standing next to each other in the backyard when Jose challenged Brendan to guess how tall he was.  Brendan knew his own height is 6.7 feet and when they measured their shadows, Brendan's shadow was 13 feet long and Jose's was 12.35 feet long.  What is Jose's height?

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