A building casts a shadow that is 55 feet long. At the same time, a woman standing nearby who is 5 feet 3 inches tall casts a shadow that is 45 inches long. How tall is the building to the nearest foot?
The building is
feet tall.

Mrs. avila is buying a wallpaper border to go on all of her kitchen walls. she wants to buy 5 extra feet of wallpaper border than she needs to be sure she has enough. she buys 55.5 feet of the border. the store owner selling the border uses the width of mrs. avila's kitchen to determine that the length of her kitchen must be 14.5 feet.