An insect is standing next to a flower. The insect is 1 cm tall and makes a shadow of 0.5 cm. If the flower makes a 15-cm shadow, how tall is the flower?

30 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

set up a proportion of insect height over its shadow equals flower height over its shadow, then cross-multiply

1/.5 = x/15

.5x = 15

x = 30

x = 2

step-by-step explanation:

if sr parallel to ba then the sides bc and ac are in proportion, that is

= ← substitute values

= ( cross- multiply )

27x = 6(4x + 1)

27x = 24x + 6 ( subtract 24x from both sides )

3x = 6 ( divide both sides by 3 )

x = 2