Question

Jacob and Roman are standing next to each other. Jacob, who is one hundred eighty centimeters tall, has a shadow that is thirty centimeters long. If Roman is one hundred sixty-eight centimeters tall, approximately how long is his shadow?

Answer 1

OK This is a ratio
\[\frac{ 180 }{ 30 }\] =\[\frac{ 168 }{ ? }\]
So you do cross multiplication
30*168=?
then divide ? by 180

Answer 2

k

Answer 3

OK So What would your answer be?

Answer 4

so it would =to 28

Answer 5

Correcto!

Answer 6

thanks @JoStudy

Answer 7

No Problem!