Question

Fahim is 6 feet tall. At noon, he stands with the sun behind him casting a shadow. The distance from the top of Fahim’s head to the furthest tip of the shadow is 13 feet. A right triangle with side length 6 feet, s, and hypotenuse 13 feet. [Not drawn to scale] What is the length of Fahim’s shadow? Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

Answer 1

Answer:

11.5 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

I just took the quiz on edge

Answer 2

Answer:

11.5

Step-by-step explanation:

using Pythagoras theorem

the square of 13 equals the square of 6 and the unknown side