Homework Help: GEOMETRY

Posted by Tiffany on Monday, October 11, 2010 at 8:55am.

Alicia is 5ft tall. she casts a shadow that measures 6 1/2 feet long at the same time that a sculpture in the park casts a shadow 12 ft long. which of the following is the approximate height of the sculpture?

a) 2.0 miles
b) 6.6 miles
c) 12 miles
d) 15.6 miles

GEOMETRY - Reiny, Monday, October 11, 2010 at 8:59am
set up the ratio ...

h/12 = 5/6.5
h = 12(5/6.5) = ....
GEOMETRY - Reiny, Monday, October 11, 2010 at 9:03am
The answers you supplied cannot possibly be the correct choices.

The correct answer would be 9.23 feet

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