The shadow of the tree is 16 meters long. Shadow of two meters high tourist sign beside standing is 3.2 meters long. What height has tree (in meters)?

Correct result:

x =  10 m

#### Solution:

$x=\dfrac{ 2 }{ 3.2 } \cdot \ 16=10 \ \text{m}$

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