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More Story problems With proportions

More Story problems With proportions. Example #1: Mabel is 5 ½ feet tall and casts an 8-foot shadow. At the same time, a tree casts a 48 foot shadow. How tall is the tree?. x = height of the tree. The tree is 33 feet tall.

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More Story problems With proportions

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  1. More Story problems With proportions

  2. Example #1: Mabel is 5 ½ feet tall and casts an 8-foot shadow. At the same time, a tree casts a 48 foot shadow. How tall is the tree? x = height of the tree The tree is 33 feet tall.

  3. Example #2: A toy company makes kites that are similar in shape but come in several different sizes. Using the diagram below, what is the length of the missing side in the larger kite? 18.75 in. 25 in. 22.5 in. x x = length of longer side of the large kite The length of the missing side on the larger kite is 30 inches.

  4. Example #3: While studying the population of squirrels in a local park, researchers caught and tagged 100 squirrels. Two months later, the researchers counted 615 squirrels and saw that 60 of them had tags. What is the best estimate for the squirrel population? Sample counted Total population x = estimate of the squirrel population There are around 1025 squirrels in the park.

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