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  • 12-12-2016
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a 6 feet tall boy cast a shadow of 9 feet at the same time of the day if the shadow of a tree measures 21 feet what is the height of the tree

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SJ2006
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  • 12-12-2016
Ratio of object to it's shadow = 6/9 = 2/3

So, height of the tree would be: 21 * 2/3 = 14 feet

So, your final answer is 14 feet

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