Jack wants to find the height of an olive tree for a science project. Jack is 2 meters tall. He stands 6 meters away from the tree, and his shadow is 4 meters long. A. 4/6 = 2/x B. 4/10 = 2/x C. 4/2 = 2/x D. x/6 = 2/4
Jack wants to find the height of an olive tree for a science project. Jack is 2 meters tall. He stands 6 meters away from the tree, and his shadow is 4 meters long. A. 4/6 = 2/x B. 4/10 = 2/x C. 4/2 = 2/x D. x/6 = 2/4
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Jack wants to find the height of an olive tree for a science project. Jack is 2 meters tall. He stands 6 meters away from the tree, and his shadow is 4 meters long.
A. 4/6 = 2/x
B. 4/10 = 2/x
C. 4/2 = 2/x
D. x/6 = 2/4

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