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A telephone booth that is 8 ft tall casts a shadow that is 4 ft long. Find the height of a lawn ornament that casts a 2 ft shadow.
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use the property of similar triangles |dw:1448033333640:dw|
the booth and garden ornament and their shadows form 2 similar triangles For similar triangles the corresponding sides are in the same proportion so we can write x / 8 = 2 / 4 Find x ( the height of the ornament)
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