Question

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 is she?

Answer 1

The woman is 6 foot tall

What is proportion?

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;

• The globe is 3 feet and casts a shadow of 8ft
• The woman cast a shadow of 16ft and is x feet tall

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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