Question

Dixon and his little sister Ariadne stand next to each other on the playground on a sunny afternoon. Their mother measures their shadows. Dixon's shadow is 9 feet long and Ariadne's shadow is 6 feet long. If Dixon is 6 feet tall, how tall is Ariadne?

Answer 1

All you would do is subtract Dixions hight by his shadow, and you would get how much the shadow expands his highth, and once you get that you just subtract that number from 6 which is Ariadne's shadow

Answer 2

6/9 - Dixons height to his shadow is equal to x/6 ariadne's height to her shadow

This becomes 9x=36

x=4

So Ariande is 4 feet tall