Question

The lead statue of the Korean War Memorial in Washington DC casts a 43.5 inch shadow at the same time a nearby tourist casts a 32 inch shadow. If she tourist is 64 inches tall how tall is the lead statue?

Answer 1

The lead statue is 87 inches tall

Explanation:

Let

x ----> the height of the lead statue

using proportion

we know that

The height of the lead statue divided by the length of his shadow must be equal to the height of the tourist divided by the length of his shadow.

so

`(x)/(43.5)=(64)/(32)\\\\(x)/(43.5)=2\\\\x=2(43.5)\\\\x=87\ in`