Question

A 32 foot tall tree casts a shadow that is 48 feet long. How far away from the tree is a

6 foot tall person who is standing in the shadow of the tree as shown in the diagram?

Answer: feet.

Answer 1

39 feet

Explanation:

take the tree as AB , the distance between the man and the tree as BC, the distance between the man and the tip of the shadow CD and the point intersecting the hypotenuse CE

since CE parallel to AB we can BPT

CE/AB = CD/BD

6/32= CD/48

CD = 9 feet

since CD is feet

BC is 48-9 = 39 feet