Friday, February 18, 2005

Simalar Triangles Extended Response

First,since Katie is 60 inches tall, convert that into 5ft. Next, you make the problem into a proportion which is 5/25=14/x. Then, you cross-multiply 25 and 14 and you get 350. So, you divide 350 by 5 and get 70ft. Therefore, the answer is 70ft.