Question

A pole casts a shadow that is 10 feet long. A 6-foot tall man casts a shadow that is 2 feet long. Write a proportion for this situation.

Answer 1

X/10 and 6/2

Explanation:

We don't know how talk the pole is so that is X. The shadow of the pole is 10 feet so that is the denominator. The man is 6 feet tall so that is the numerator of the second fraction. The denominator is 2 because that's how long his shadow is.