Question

in the diagram below, a 5 foot tall girl is standing 24 feet from a lamp post at night. if her shadow from the light is 8 feet long, what is the height of the lamp post?

Answer 1

diagram?

Answer 2

@Mehek14 there is a picture of the problem

Answer 3

can you attach it for me?

Answer 4

@Mehek14

Answer 5

so the shadow o the lam would be 24 +8 = 32
the shadow of the girl is 8

Answer 6

lamp*

Answer 7

@Mehek ok

Answer 8

@Mehek14 ok so far

Answer 9

You set up a proportion which is X/24 =5/8 and you solve and get 8x=120 and you get 15

Answer 10

\(\Large \dfrac{x}{32} {*}\dfrac{5}{8}\)

Answer 11

so you cross multiply

Answer 12

Did you get how I got that

Answer 13

@Mehek14 is that it?

Answer 14

32 x 5 = 160
160 / 8 = 20

Answer 15

x = 20

Answer 16

that's it

Answer 17

@amycb12

Answer 18

@Mehek thank you so much

Answer 19

yw :)