Problema Solution

A 15ft tall tree is next to the slide. Tree is casting a shadow of 225ft and slide is casting 10.5ft. How tall is the slide

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Let 'x' represent the height of the slide.

15 : 22.5 = x : 10.5

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x = 7 ft

The slide is 7 feet tall.