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Solve each word problem using a proportion. Round to the nearest tenth or cent when necessary.

A 60-foot water slide casts a 40-foot shadow.
Find the length of the shadow of a 6-foot lifegaurd adult standing nearby.

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Answer:

  4 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

One way to write the proportion is ...

  lifeguard/water-slide = lifeguard shadow/water-slide shadow

  6/60 = s/40

  0.1 = s/40

  s = 0.1 × 40 = 4

The shadow of the lifeguard is 4 feet long.

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