lesson 12.3 checkpoint
1. a student wanted to find the height $h$ of a statue of a pineapple in nambour, australia. she measured the pineapples shadow and her own shadow. the students height is 5 feet 4 inches. what is the height of the pineapple? remember, 1 foot = 12 inches.

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Convert all measurements to inches

Set up the similarity proportion

Solve for the height h

Convert height back to feet and inches

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