A medium-size jet has a wingspan of 120 feet. An albatross...

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Question by Shawty4sho
Submitted on 11/28/2003
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A medium-size jet has a wingspan of 120 feet. An albatross is a bird with a wingspan of about 12 feet. At what altitude would each object have to fly in order to cast shadows of equal size?

Answer by fish
Submitted on 11/23/2004
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10000 feet

Answer by dua
Submitted on 1/27/2006
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Answer by trace
Submitted on 7/14/2006
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the albatross would have to be a lot lower... (yeah, i know... "duh!")

Answer by Warlock
Submitted on 9/8/2006
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Plane altitude: 1 foot Albatross altitude: 83,700,000 miles (if the shadows are cast by the sun, 93,000,000 miles away)

Answer by Bean
Submitted on 12/6/2006
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albatross 12000 feet; plane 100

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