Adam and Cara are standing side-by side, facing their shadows.
Adam is 159 centimeters tall and casts a shadow 105 centimeters in height. If Cara is 140 centimeters tall, how many centimeters will she need to walk forward for the tip of her
shadow to be directly in line with Adam's? Round to the nearest hundredth.
centimeters

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!

step-by-step explanation:

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x is the total time in minutes for the free response

you are given number of questions as 15 - m and time per item as 8 minutes

to find x multiply the two givens together:

x = 8 * (15-m) = 8(15-m)