Pat measures the length of the shadow of a tree to be 54 feet long. At the same time he measures his own shadow to be 12 feet long and his height to be 5 feet. How tall is the tree in feet. Show work.

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anonymous · Answer

Solve for x the length of the tree.
x/54 = 5/12

anonymous · Answer

Okay this is a ratios question. A super easy way to solve a question like this is to set up the equation like this:
|dw:1401221274659:dw|

and then cross multiply and you should end up with 270=12x then just solve for x