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Example Solving Word Problems: Ratio of shadow length word problems
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What You Enter
At a certain time of day, a building 300 m tall casts a shadow of 225 m, whereas a second building casts a shadow of 150 m. How tall is the second building.
What You Get
Find tall Let S=SHADOW Let T=TALL Let t=tall Given S/T=S/t Given T=300 Given S=225 Given S=150 225/300=150/t Comment: Expand parentheses 225t=300*150 Comment: Simplify t=200 Comment: Simplify
Solution: T=200
