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Kelly is 5'4" tall. She measured her shadow one morning to be 8'7". She then measured the shadow of her house. The house shadow was 42'3". How tall is the
actual house? (inches rounded to the hundredths.)

Respuesta :

The height of the actual house is 26'.26" .

How to find the height of the house using ratio?

A ratio indicates how many times one number contains another.

Therefore, the heights will form a similar length. Therefore, the corresponding length have the same ratios.

Therefore,

height of Kelly / x = height of Kelly shadows / height of house shadow

Hence,

where

x = actual height of the house

5.4 / x = 8.7 / 42.3

cross multiply

42.3 × 5.4 = 8.7x

Therefore,

228.42 = 8.7x

divide both sides by 8.7

228.42 / 8.7 = 8.7x / 8.7

x = 26.2551724138

Therefore, the height of the actual house is 26'.26"

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