Question

Help asap! Please! A 40 cm tomato plant cast a 25cm shadow. How tall is the corn stalk if it's shadow is 280cm long?

Answer 1

448

Explanation:

This is a proportion question. Keep the heights on one side of the proportion and the shadow length on the other.

height ratio shadow ratio

40 cm / x = 25 / 280 Cross multiply

25x = 40 * 280 Combine

25x = 11200 Divide by 25

x = 11200/25

x = 448 cm

The height of the corn plant is 448 cm