55 foot tall tree casts a shadow that is 32 feet long, a nearby woman is 5.5 feet tall. What is the length of shadow she will cast? Set up a proportion of height to shadow length where s is the shadow length of the woman: 55/32 = 5.5/s [URL='https://www.mathcelebrity.com/prop.php?num1=55&num2=5.5&den1=32&den2=s&propsign=%3D&pl=Calculate+missing+proportion+value']Typing this proportion into our search engine[/URL], we get: s = [B]3.2[/B]

A 3-foot stick casts a shadow of 8 feet. If at the same time a tree casts a shadow of 15 feet, how tall is the tree? Set up a proportion of height to shadow length where t is the height of a tree: 3/8 = t/15 Using our [URL='https://www.mathcelebrity.com/proportion-calculator.php?num1=3&num2=t&den1=8&den2=15&propsign=%3D&pl=Calculate+missing+proportion+value']proportion calculator,[/URL] we get: t = [B]5.625[/B]

A stick that is ten feet tall casts a shadow of 12 feet. If a tree has a 96 foot shadow, how tall is the tree? Set up a proportion of wood height to shadow length where h is the height of the tree: 10/12 = h/96 Using our [URL='https://www.mathcelebrity.com/proportion-calculator.php?num1=10&num2=h&den1=12&den2=96&propsign=%3D&pl=Calculate+missing+proportion+value']proportion calculator[/URL], we get: h = [B]80 feet[/B]