Question

A 3ft baby elephant standing next to a man casts a 7ft shadow, if the man casts a 14 foot shadow, how tall is he?

Answer 1

3ft length=7 shadow 7 goes perfectly into 14 2 times. So 3•2= 6ft The man is 6ft tall

Answer 2

6ft

Explanation:

First you figure out 7/3 which is 2.3333333...

then do 14/2.33333333...