Question

An office building casts a 90 foot shadow. At the same time of day, a 5 foot woman standing near the building casts an 8 foot shadow. What is the approximate height of the building to the nearest foot?

A) 40 feet
B) 49 feet
Eliminate
C) 56 feet
D) 63 feet

Answer 1

I think it would be C) 56 feet. See, if we take the height of the woman(5) over the shadow she casts(8), and crossmultipy it with the height of the building(?) over the shadow of the building(90), it would be approximately 56 feet. 5/8 ?/90 90x5= 450 450/8= 56.25