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If a 5 ft post cast a shadow of 1.2 ft find the length of the shadow for a 17 ft post?
The length of the shadow is proportional to the height of the post. Thus, if l is the length of the unknown shadow, l/17 = 1.2/5 or l = 4.1 feet. This should be rounded to 4 if the value 5 is not considered to be known to at least two significant digits.
At a certain time of day a person 6 feet tall casts a 4-foot shadow How long is the shadow cast by a 21-foot tree at the same time?
Designate the unknown shadow length by s. Shadows cast at the same time and place are proportional to the height of the object casing the shadow. Therefore: 4/6 = s/21, or s = [4(21)]/6 = 14 feet.
A 3 foot pole casts a 6 foot shadow A 4 foot pole casts an 8 foot shadow Use a linear equation to predict the length of a shadow cast by a 6 foot pole?
Shadow lengths are proportional to the heights of objects casting the shadows. Therefore, calling the shadow length l, the height h, and the proportionality constant k, l = kh. (The intercept is 0 because an object with no height casts no shadow.) Therefore, in this instance k = l/h = 6/3 or 8/4 = 2. then l(6) = 2 X 6 = 12 feet.
If a woman is standind and she is 64in tall with a 20in shadow and there is a lamppost that is 112in what is the length of the lampost's shadow?
If the lamppost is not the light source then lampost's shadow is 112/(64/20) ie 35 inches.
How high is a tree that casts a 25ft shadow?
You need more information to solve this problem. The length of a shadow depends on the angle of the sun which depends on the time of day.
