If the shadow of a tree is 14 m long and the shadow of a person who is 1.8 m tall is 4 m long, how tall is the tree?
Which of the following proportions could not be used to solve the problem?
X
14
1.8
4
A
14X
18 4
x
18-
- 14

The ratios 3: 9, 4: 12, 5: 15, and 6: 18 are a pattern of equivalent ratios in the ratio table. which is another ratio in this pattern?

Data from 2005 for various age groups show that for each $100 increase in the median weekly income for whites, the median weekly income of blacks increases by $105. also, for workers of ages 25 to 54 the median weekly income for whites was $676 and for blacks was $527. (a) let w represent the median weekly income for whites and b the median weekly income for blacks, and write the equation of the line that gives b as a linear function of w. b = (b) when the median weekly income for whites is $760, what does the equation in (a) predict for the median weekly income for blacks?

The owner of the plant nursery where you were tells you to fill 350 ml bottles from a 30 l from a fertilizer