A 3 foot tall globe standing next to a woman cast an 8 ft shadow. if the woman cats a shadow that is 16ft long , then how tall i

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My name is Ann [436] · Answer 1 · 2023-04-10T01:40:39+03:00

The woman is 6 foot tall

<h3>What is proportion?</h3>

Proportion can be defined as the mathematical comparison of two numbers.

These numbers could be numbers, elements, set or people

From the information given, we have that;

So,

if the globe is 3 foot tall and casts a shadow of 8ft

Then the woman is x foot tall to cast a shadow of 16ft

cross multiply

8x = 24

Make 'x' the subject

x = 48/ 8

x = 6 foot

Thus, the woman is 6 foot tall

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