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A man who is 6 ft wishes to find the height of a certain four-story building. He measures itsshadow and finds it to be 28 ft long. While his own shadow is 3.5 ft long. How tall is thebuilding? Ans: height = 48

Name: a man who is 6 ft wishes to find the height of a certain four story building he measures itsshadow and finds it to be 28 ft long while his own shadow is 35 ft long how tall is thebuilding an 55128
Uploaded: 2023-04-07T21:13:18-08:00
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Description: a man who is 6 ft wishes to find the height of a certain four story building he measures itsshadow and finds it to be 28 ft long while his own shadow is 35 ft long how tall is thebuilding an 55128

          A man who is 6 ft wishes to find the height of a certain four-story building. He measures itsshadow and finds it to be 28 ft long. While his own shadow is 3.5 ft long. How tall is thebuilding? Ans: height = 48

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Precalculus with Limits

Ron Larson 2nd Edition

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04/07/2023

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A man who is 6 ft wishes to find the height of a certain four-story building. He measures itsshadow and finds it to be 28 ft long. While his own shadow is 3.5 ft long. How tall is thebuilding? Ans: height = 48