Please Please help?How do you solve these word problems about proportions and

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similar figures? ) On a sunny day Object A has shadow of length 3 meters and a meter stick has shadow of 1.5 meters while object B has shadow of length 6 meters. How tall are object A and B, which is taller?

I have object A height is 2 meters and B 4 meters. B is taller. Is this correct?


2) Tom measures the shadow of object A to be 3 meters while the shadow of a meter sick comes out to be 0.3 meters. Later that day, he measures the shadow of a meter stick to be 0.5 meters while object B is 2 meters long. What is the height of A and B and which is taller?


3) Finally suppose Mary measures the shadow of object A to be 2.5 meters while the meter stick has a shadow of 0.5 meters. Jack and her brother measures the shadow of object B to be 10 meters while the shadow of the meter stick is 2 meters. Which object is taller and what can you conclude from this.
 
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