Jordan and Missy are standing together in the schol yard. Jordan who is 6fett tall cast shadow of 54 inches long. At the same time missy casts a shadow that is 45 inches long. How tall is missy

A- 38 in.
B- 86.4
C- 5Ft
D-5ft 6 in

I know the asnwer is % feet. I doen this before but my only question is how did I get 5 feet? I completely forgot.

Please help? I have a math regent tomorrowand I'm bugging out trying to figure out so mnay problems :(

\frac{6}{54} = \frac{x}{45}

Solve for x and you find x = 5ft

To understand why, look up similarity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Similarity_%28geometry%29). (or just click that link ;))

Thank you! You know its funnys, after I posted this post I sat there with my friend and slapped myself for how dumb I am. I realized it was the fraction thing.. But thank you :) now I know I am right haha .

Back to studying!