A building across the street casts a shadow that is 24 feet long. Your friend is 6 feet tall and casts a shadow that is 4 feet long what is the height of the building?

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Answer:

36 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a simple case of ratio and proportionality.

We can thing of it as "if x (height of building) casts a shadow of 24, then 6 casts a shadow of 4".

We can write this as:

[tex]\frac{x}{24}=\frac{6}{4}[/tex]

We cross multiply and solve for x (height of the building in feet):

[tex]\frac{x}{24}=\frac{6}{4}\\4x=6*24\\4x=144\\x=36[/tex]

The height of building is 36 feet

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