On a sunny day, a 5-foot red kangaroo casts a shadow this is 7 feet long. The shadow of a nearly eucalyptus tree is 35 feet long. Write and solve a proportion to find the height of the tree. Pleaseee help!!!!

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bloomlocke367 · Answer

Do you know what a proportion is?

anonymous · Answer

Yes but can u explain cause I kinda forgot

anonymous · Answer

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bloomlocke367 · Answer

Okay, a proportion is hmmmm I'm trying to think of how to explain this. It's something that normally compares two things that are either part to whole or part to part. For this particular problem, you'd set one up comparing height of the figure, to how long the shadow is.

anonymous · Answer

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