Question

The shadow of a 5-foot tall post is 20 feet long. At the same time a tree casts a shadow that is 56 feet long. What is the height of the tree?

Answer 1

\[20/5 = x/56\]
what is your x?

Answer 2

wait

Answer 3

x =16

Answer 4

got that backwards,
\[5/20 = x/56\]

Answer 5

x =14

Answer 6

right, it becomes a simple ratio. the shadow of the man is 4 times longer than he is, thus the shadow of the tree is 4 times longer that it is.