Question

a ferris wheel casts a 42 m shadow. a man two meters tall casts a 3 m shadow. how tall is the first wheel (in meters)?

Answer 1

The ferris wheel cast a shadow of 42 meters Tall.

A man of height 2 meters cast a shadow of 3 meters . The height of the ferris wheel can be computed below

`\begin{gathered} 2\text{ meters = 3 meters} \\ x\text{ meters=42 meters} \\ \text{cross multiply} \\ 3x=84 \\ x=(84)/(3) \\ x=28\text{ meters} \end{gathered}`

height of the ferris wheel = 28 meters