Grade 6ChallengeRatios and Rates
Ratios and Rates · Challenge problem
At 2 pm, a girl who is m tall casts a shadow m long, and a flagpole casts a shadow m long. At 5 pm, the girl's shadow is m long. How many meters long is the flagpole's shadow at 5 pm? (At any one moment, every shadow is the same number of times as long as the object's height.)