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On a sunny day, Bill wants to find the height of a tree. He walks feet along the shadow that the tree casts
until his shadow ends at the same point as the tree's shadow. Bill is 6 feet tall and the length of his shadow
is 8 feet. How tall is the tree?
a) Draw a diagram that represents the problem. Show the known quantities and use a variable to indicate
the height of the tree.
b) Write an equation/proportion involving the unknown quantity.