SOLUTION: Wally wants to determine the height of a statue that casts a 129-inch shadow by comparing it to his own height and shadow length. If Wally, who is 63 inches tall, casts a shadow th
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Question 456102: Wally wants to determine the height of a statue that casts a 129-inch shadow by comparing it to his own height and shadow length. If Wally, who is 63 inches tall, casts a shadow that is 43 inches in length, what is the height of the statue?
I tried dividing 63 by 43 but it turned out as a decimal.I am not sur ehow to do this problem though =/ Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Wally wants to determine the height of a statue that casts a 129-inch shadow by
comparing it to his own height and shadow length.
If Wally, who is 63 inches tall, casts a shadow that is 43 inches in length, what is the height of the statue?
:
We can use proportion here, let h = height of the statue =
cross multiply
43s = 129*63
43s = 8117
s =
s = 189 inches high
