A building 35ft tall casts a shadow 105ft
long .Patty casts a shadow 16.5 ft long.
how tall is Patty?
35/105 =16.5 the answer is 5.5
The answer is right, but here is the corrected equation.
35/105 = x/16.5
5.5
To find out how tall Patty is, we can set up a proportion based on the information given.
The height of the building (35 ft) is to the length of its shadow (105 ft) as the height of Patty (unknown) is to the length of Patty's shadow (16.5 ft).
Mathematically, this can be written as:
35 ft / 105 ft = x ft / 16.5 ft
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and then divide:
35 ft * 16.5 ft = 105 ft * x ft
577.5 ft = 105 ft * x ft
Now, we can solve for x by dividing both sides of the equation by 105 ft:
577.5 ft / 105 ft = x ft
Simplifying the calculation:
5.5 ft = x ft
Therefore, Patty's height is 5.5 ft.