A12 foot basketball hoop has a shadow 9.6ft long. how long is the shadow of a 6ft adult standing next to the basketball hoop?

The adults shadow is 4.8 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

We can use ratio's to solve this problem

12 ft hoop             6ft adult

        =

9.6 ft shadow      x ft shadow

Using cross products

12 * x = 9.6 * 6

12x = 57.6

Divide each side by 12

12x/12 = 57.6 /12

x = 4.8 ft

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