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QUESTION:

You measure the shadow cast by One Liberty Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and find it to be 105 feet long. Then you measure the shadow cast by a three-foot post and find it to be 4 inches long. Determine the building’s height.

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QUESTION:

You measure the shadow cast by One Liberty Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and find it to be 105 feet long. Then you measure the shadow cast by a three-foot post and find it to be 4 inches long. Determine the building’s height.

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\(\frac{\text { building's height }}{\text { length of building's shadow }}=\frac{\text { post's height }}{\text { length of post's shadow }}\)

Let  be the building's height.

\(\frac{x}{105}=\frac{3}{\frac{1}{3}}\)

We know that

\(4 \text { in. }=\frac{1}{3} \mathrm{ft}\)

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