5) A fire fighter needs to estimate the height of a burning building. She estimates the length of her shadow to be 8 feet long and the length of the building's shadow to be 72 feet long. Find the height of the building if the fire fighter is $5\frac{1}{3}$ feet tall. Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.
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We can set up a proportion to solve for the height of the building. The proportion is: (height of building) / (length of building's shadow) = (height of fire fighter) / (length of fire fighter's shadow) Show more…
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