Answer each question and round your answer to the nearest tenth
I a 42.9 ft tall flagpole casts a 253.1 ft long shadow then how long is the shadow that a 6.2 ft tall women casts?
To find the length of the shadow cast by the 6.2 ft tall woman, we can set up a proportion using the heights and lengths of the shadows.
Let "x" represent the length of the shadow cast by the woman.
The proportion can be set up as:
42.9 ft (length of flagpole shadow) / 253.1 ft (length of flagpole) = x (length of woman's shadow) / 6.2 ft (height of woman)
Cross-multiplying, we get:
42.9 ft * 6.2 ft = 253.1 ft * x
266.58 = 253.1x
Dividing both sides by 253.1, we have:
x = 266.58 / 253.1
x ≈ 1.05 ft
Therefore, the shadow cast by the 6.2 ft tall woman is approximately 1.1 ft long.