8.1 Ratios and Proportions Word Problems

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A picture of a school’s mascot is 18 in. wide and 24 in. long. It is enlarged proportionally to banner size. If the width is enlarged to 63 in., what is the length of the banner?

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84 in

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A power pole 10 m tall casts a shadow 8 meters long, at the same time that a building nearby casts a shadow 14 m long. How tall is the building?

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17.5 m

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A gymnasium is 96 feet long and 75 feet wide. On a blueprint, the gymnasium is 5.5 inches long. To the nearest tenth of an inch, what is the width of the gymnasium on the blueprint?

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4.3

Front

A triangle has sides measuring 11 cm, 16 cm, and 16 cm. A similar triangle has sides measuring x cm, 24 cm, and 24 cm. What is x?

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16.5 cm

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A 42.9 ft tall statue casts a 253.1 ft long shadow. How long is the shadow that a 6.2 ft tall man casts?

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36.6 ft

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A telephone booth that is 8 ft tall casts a shadow that is 4 ft long. Find the height of a lawn ornament that casts a 2 ft shadow.

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4 ft

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To find the height of a very tall pine tree, you place a mirror on the ground and stand where you can see the top of the pine tree. How tall is the tree? Options: 144 feet, 72 feet, 36 feet

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72 feet

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15

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Kameron, who is 4.5 ft tall, casts a 9 ft shadow. If a tree is 18 ft tall, how long is the tree’s shadow?

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36 ft

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25