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If a 42.9 ft tall flagpole casts a 253.1 ft long shadow then how long is the shadow that a 6.2 ft tall woman casts?

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We will have to use proportions:
[tex] \frac{42.9}{253.1} = \frac{6.2}{x} [/tex]
Cross multiplying we get
[tex]42.9x = 6.2 \times 253.1[/tex]
Now divide:
[tex]x = \frac{6.2 \times 253.1}{42.9} [/tex]
Solve to tenths place we get
[tex]x = 36.6[/tex]
The woman casts a 36.6 ft long shadow.

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