55 foot tall tree casts a shadow that is 32 feet long, a nearby woman is 5.5 feet tall. What is the length of shadow she will cast?
Set up a proportion of height to shadow length where s is the shadow length of the woman:
55/32 = 5.5/s
Typing this proportion into our search engine, we get:
s = 3.2
Set up a proportion of height to shadow length where s is the shadow length of the woman:
55/32 = 5.5/s
Typing this proportion into our search engine, we get:
s = 3.2