Question

In New Salem North Dakota there is a 38-ft-tall statue of a cow named Salem Sue. Suppose the statue's shadow was 57 feet long and a 3.5 foot child was standing next to the statue. How long would the child statue be?

Answer 1

5.25 feets

Explanation:

Given that:

Height of Salem Sue = 38 feets

Height of Salem Sue's shadow = 57 feets long

Height of child standing next to the statue = 3.5 foot tall

Length of the child's shadow =?

Let lenght of child's shadow = s

IF;

38 Feets tall = 57 feets lenght

3.5 feets tall = s feets long

Cross multiply :

38 * s = 57 * 3.5

38s = 199.5

38s / 38 = 199.5 /38

s = 5.25

Hence, length of the child's shadow will be 5.25 feets long