On a sunny day, object A has a shadow of length 3 meters and a meter stick has a shadow of 1.5 meters while object B has shadow of length 6 meters. How tall are object A and B?

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On a sunny day, object A has a shadow of length 3 meters and a meter stick has a shadow of 1.5 meters while object B has shadow of length 6 meters.  How tall are object A and B?

caozeyuan · Answer

What is your first try? where did you stuck exactly? I want to pinpoint your weakness so that I can better help you

caozeyuan · Answer

TBH, this Q is straight up arithematic, so I really want to know what is the thing that you don't understand

caozeyuan · Answer

OK cool got you

caozeyuan · Answer

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caozeyuan · Answer

These two triangles are similar, you know  why?

britnee_paige99 · Answer

ratio is 1:2

caozeyuan · Answer

OK cool so that tells you what x is, right?

caozeyuan · Answer

and then 1:4 for the B thing, so that's the same thing, just a diff number

caozeyuan · Answer

Guess you still don't understand, x/1=3/1.5, can you solve for x?

caozeyuan · Answer

you REALLY have to learn the way of thinking cuz I am obviously not going to help you on the exams