Question

A surveillance camera photographs a shoplifter in front of a 3.5-foot counter. In the

photograph, the shoplifter appears 6 inches tall and the counter appears 4 inches high.
How many inches tall is the shoplifter?

Answer 1

Answer: 63 inches tall

Explanation:

The counter in the photograph appears 4 inches tall, and it is actually 3.5 feet tall, or 42 inches tall.

Therefore, the scale of the photograph is
`42 inches/4inches = 10.5 inches`

The shoplifter in the photograph appears
`6` inches tall, so in real life, they are
`6 inches` *
`10.5 inches`
`= 63 inches` tall

So the shoplifter is
`63 inches` tall.