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21 May, 22:42

In the lake, a sailboat casts a shadow of 4 yards. A buoy that is 2 feet tall casts a shadow of 1 foot. What is the height of the sailboat?

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  1. 21 May, 22:55
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    First you would find that not all the units are the same in this problem, so you convert yards to feet. So 4 yards = 12 feet.

    The proportion you would make would be x/12 = 2/1
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