Jackson is 1.2 meters tall. He stands next to a tree that is 6 meters tall that casts a shadow 10.8 meters
in length. How long is Jackson’s shadow? Show all of your work.
+2862 This can be solved using proportion then cross-multiplying. Let Jackson's shadow be X, and we are going to make a proportion with this. If you take the tree's length and divide it by the tree's shadow, it should be proportional to the quotient of Jackson's height and shadow. So we have the equation of 6/10.8=1.2/x, this we can easily solve by cross multiplying, and we get the answer of 2.16 meters.
+2862 This can be solved using proportion then cross-multiplying. Let Jackson's shadow be X, and we are going to make a proportion with this. If you take the tree's length and divide it by the tree's shadow, it should be proportional to the quotient of Jackson's height and shadow. So we have the equation of 6/10.8=1.2/x, this we can easily solve by cross multiplying, and we get the answer of 2.16 meters.
