Steve is buying a farm and needs to determine the height of a silo on the farm. Steve, who is 6 feet tall, notices that when his shadow is 13 ft long, the shadow of the silo is 169 ft long. How tall is the silo? Note that the diagram is not to scale. The silo is ft tall. 64 169 ft 13 -

Steve is buying a farm and needs to determine the height of a silo on the farm. Steve, who is 6 feet tall, notices that when his shadow is 13 ft long, the shadow of the silo is 169 ft long. How tall is the silo? Note that the diagram is not to scale. The silo is ft tall. 64 169 ft 13 -

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter6: Ratio, Proportion, And Probability

Section6.5: Similarity And Measurement

Problem 3C

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Steve is buying a farm and needs to determine the height of a silo on the farm. Steve, who is 6 feet tall, notices that when his shadow is 13 ft long, the shadow of the silo is 169 ft long. How tall is
the silo? Note that the diagram is not to scale.
The silo is ft tall.
(...)
6 f
169 ft
-13 ft-

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