A 12 foot tall building casts an 8 foot long shadow. How long of a shadow will a 5 foot tall woman have?

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Mathematics

Dallas Johns

26 October, 14:44

A 12 foot tall building casts an 8 foot long shadow. How long of a shadow will a 5 foot tall woman have?

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Carrot · Answer 1

set up a proportion comparing the height of the building with the height of the woman and the shadow of the building with the shadow of the woman

12/5=8/x

now cross multiply

12x=40

then divide by 12 on both sides

40/12 which is about 3.3 feet

Howard Holden · Answer 2

3 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

8/12 =.6

.6 is how much Shadow is produced for one foot

.6 * 5 = 3

3 is the shadow length