SOLUTION: A building 65 feet tall casts a shadow 20 feet long. A person 6 feet tall is walking directly away from the building toward the edge of the building's shadow. How far from the buil

Question 770150: A building 65 feet tall casts a shadow 20 feet long. A person 6 feet tall is walking directly away from the building toward the edge of the building's shadow. How far from the building will the person be when the person's shadow just begins to emerge from that of the building? (Round your answer to one decimal place.)

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A building 65 feet tall casts a shadow 20 feet long. A person 6 feet tall is walking directly away from the building toward the edge of the building's shadow. How far from the building will the person be when the person's shadow just begins to emerge from that of the building?
--------------
Draw the picture.
You have two overlapping right triangles:: buildng triangle and man trangle
(base of man triangle)/ 20 ft = 6/65
b = 1.85 feet
------
Distance from the building:: 20-1.85' = 18.15 ft.
------
Cheers,
Stan H.
RELATED QUESTIONS
A building 60 feet tall casts a shadow 20 feet long. A person 6 feet tall is walking... (answered by josgarithmetic)

A person 6 feet tall casts a 15 foot shadow on a building. How tall is the person who... (answered by checkley77)

A building casts a 200ft long shadow. At the same time, your shadow is 5 feet long. You... (answered by Fombitz)

A building 80 feet high casts a shadow of 20 feet. A nearby building casts a shadow of 40 (answered by mananth)

a building 80 feet high casts a shadow of 20 feet. a nearby building casts a shadow of 40 (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

A tree casts a shadow that is 15 feet long. At the same time, a building casts a shadow... (answered by fractalier)

Please help me thank you so much! A man who is 6 feet tall casts a shadow 8.4 feet... (answered by seawind)

A building cast a shadow 18 feet long. A woman standing near the building is 5 feet 8... (answered by josmiceli,MathTherapy)

A building that is 150 ft tall casts a shadow of 20 feet long. At the same time a tree... (answered by Abbey)