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To calculate: The height of bell tower.
Answer to Problem 19STP
The height of bell tower is 18ft.
Explanation of Solution
Given information: Height of a statue is 4.5ft. It casts a shadow of 15 inch. The height of shadow of the bell tower is 60 inch.
Calculation:
Let the height of bell tower be x ft.
It casts a shadow of 60 inch.
12 inch = 1 ft
1 inch =
60 inch =
Height of the statue given 4.5ft.
It casts a shadow of 15inch.
15inch =
By using proportionality theorem, we can write,
So, the height of the bell tower is 18ft.
Option D is correct.
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