Question

Alicia is 5ft tall. she casts a shadow that measures 6 1/2 feet long at the same time that a sculpture in the park casts a shadow 12 ft long. which of the following is the approximate height of the sculpture?

a) 2.0 miles
b) 6.6 miles
c) 12 miles
d) 15.6 miles

Answer 1

set up the ratio ...

h/12 = 5/6.5
h = 12(5/6.5) = ....

Answer 2

The answers you supplied cannot possibly be the correct choices.

The correct answer would be 9.23 feet