A globe that is 3 ft tall casts a shadow that is 7 ft long. Find the length of the shadow that a 6 ft woman casts.
The length of the woman's shadow is
14 ft.
This can be determined by setting up a proportion using the heights and shadows of both the globe and the woman:
(3 ft height of globe) / (7 ft shadow of globe) = (6 ft height of woman) / x (unknown shadow of woman)
By solving for x, we find that the woman's shadow will be 14 ft long.