An old oak tree grows next to a maple tree. the oak tree is 74 feet tall and casts a 40-foot shadow on the ground. the maple tree is 46 feet tall. what is the length of the maple tree's shadow? round the answer to the nearest foot

25 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the figure attached, you can set up the following proportion, when x is the length of the maple tree's shadow:

Now, you must solve for x as following:

Rounding the result to the nearest foot, you obtain:

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-3

step-by-step explanation:

a drawing really does here:

so i draw the horizontal line y=2 and the vertical line x=-2 at this intersection i put b (this is where my right angle is going to be).   so point b is at (-2,2).   point a is 5 units long and is also on y=2 so this point has to be (3,2) or (-7,2) -doesn't matter i will go with (3,2).

now we know c is at (-2,y) we don't know the y yet bet we know that c is on x=-2.

we have the area of the triangle is .5bh=12.5

we know the base length is 5 (ab)

we have the height is (2-y) if you look at your

plug in

.5(5)(2-y)=12.5

solve for y to get the y-coordinate for c

2.5(2-y)=12.5

divide both sides by 2.5 giving:

2-y=5

now subtract 2 on both sides

-y=3

y=-3

the answer is y = 11.54

hope this : )