Question

A tree casts a shadow of 48ft. A man who is 6ft. tall casts a shadow of 4 ft. How tall is the tree?

Answer 1

72ft

Explanation:

so you would divide 6 and 4 and that is 1.5

then you would do 48ft x 1.5 which is 72ft

so the tree is 72ft tall

Answer 2

72ft.

Explanation:

Could be mis-understanding the problem, but if the man is 6ft tall and having a 4ft shadow, then you want to figure out how many times 4 goes into 48, which signifies how many times taller the tree is compared to the man.

48/4= 12

next you want to multiply 6 by 12, which shows exactly how tall the tree is.

6x12= 72.