Question

Tom and Tim are standing together in the park. Tom is 6 feet tall and his shadow is 4 feet long. How tall is Tim if his shadow is 3 feet long?

3 feet

4.5 feet

6 feet

8 feet

Answer 1

You do 6 divided by 4 which is 1.5 .
1.5 + 3 is 4.5

Answer 2

use the ratio of corresponding sides in similar triangles



to find x use the

\[\frac{3}{4} = \frac{x}{6}\]

just solve for x