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Depends on the time of day (the angle of the sun).
Think of the person as being at a right angle to the ground, and the shadow being the other side. The distance from the person's head to the end of the shadow is the hypotenuse. (a^2 + b^2= c^2) a= height of person, b= shadow.
If you have the angle of the sun to the ground, you can use Sine/ Cosine to calculate the length.
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A tree is 18 feet tall and casts a shadow 6 feet long A nearby sign casts a 3 foot shadow What is the height of the sign?
A 1 foot shadow I think.
If a tree 17 feet tall casts a shadow 12 feet long how high is a building that casts a shadow 19 feet long?
To cast a 19 foot shadow the building would have to be 26.91 feet tall. Each foot of building/tree casts 8.47 inches of shadow.
How Elijah is 5'9 tall and casts a 4 foot shadow. He is standing near a tree that casts a 24 foot shadow. How tall is the tree?
The tree is 34.5 feet tall because tangent ratio of 34.5/24 = 5.75/4
How tall is a tree that casts a 25 foot shadow at the same time a 6 foot stick casts a shadow 4.5 feet long?
A stick is 6/4.5 = 4/3 times its shadow. So the tree is 4/3*25 = 33.3... feet or 33 ft 4 inches tall.
When a tree cast a 20 foot shadow a man 6 feet tall casts a 3 foot shadow how tall is the tree?
The man is twice as high as his shadow. Therefore, the tree must also be twice as high as its shadow, which would make the tree 40 feet tall.
