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20 January, 02:30

a person who is 70 inches tall cast a shadow that is 54 inches long. if a tree casts a shadow that is 28 feet long at the same time, then how tall is the tree to the nearest foot

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  1. 20 January, 04:07
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    36 ft

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Since 70 inches tall person cast a shadow that is 54 inches long. Then using similarity and enlargement, we need to know rhe actual height of a tree tgat casts a shadow that is 28 feet

    By cross multiplication

    If 70 inches leads to 54 inches shadow

    X feet leads to 28 feet shadow

    X=28 feet*70 inches/54 inches=36.296296296296

    Rounding off to the nearest ft, this is approximately 36 ft
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