Jack is 5 1/2 feet tall and casts a 9-ft shadow. at the same time, a basketball hoop casts a 24-foot shadow. how tall is the basketball hoop?

ANSWER

The height of the basketball hoop is

EXPLANATION

Let the height of the basketball hoop be x feet.

The shadow of the basketball hoop is 9 ft long.

The height of Jack is 5.5 feet.

Jack's shadow is 9 ft long.

By similar triangles,

Multiply both sides by 5.5

This gives us,

The height of the basketball hoop is 14⅔ feet

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