Question

When the sun is at a certain angle in the sky, a 100 foot building will cast a 25 foot shadow. How y’all is a person if he casts a 1.5 foot shadow at the same time?

Answer 1

Answer:

  6 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

The building height of 100 ft is 4 times the shadow length of 25 ft. At the same ratio, the person's height is 4 times the 1.5 ft shadow length, so is ...

  4 × (1.5 ft) = 6.0 ft

The person is 6 ft tall.