Proportion Applications

Given JKL ~ NPM, find JK.

• JK = 18

• JK = 12.5

• JK = 6.48

• JK = 1.67

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

A 15-foot tree casts a shadow 20.75 feet long at the same time a nearby building casts a shadow 166 feet long. How tall is the building?

• 120 ft

• 1.875 ft

• 30.43 ft

• 2490 ft

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3

Nora is 5'3" tall and standing near the 252-foot tall Pilgrim Monument in Massachusetts (pictured above). If she casts a 9-foot long shadow, find the length of the shadow casted by the monument.

• 432 ft

• 147 ft

• 0.1875 ft

• 2268 ft

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

If the lamp post is 16 feet tall, find r, the length of the roller coaster.

• 231 ft

• 1.9 ft

• 134 ft

• 3696 ft

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CCSS.8.G.B.7

• 21

• 12

• 51

• 63

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

• 6

• 8

• 4

• 5

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

• 4

• 3

• 1

• 2

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

• 9

• 2

• 1

• 4

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

• 2

• 8

• 10

• 12

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 10

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B