Question

Larry and Tom were standing next to each other in the backyard when Tom challenged Larry to guess how tall he was. Larry knew his own height is 6.7ft and when they measured their shadows, Larry’s shadow was 8ft and toms was 7.75 ft long. What is toms height in ft?( round answer to one decimal point)

Answer 1

The difference between Larry’s height and shadow is 1.3ft meaning the difference between Tom’s height and shadow 7.75 is 1.3ft as well which is 6.45 ft and when rounded to one decimal point tom is 6.5 ft tall.