Concept explainers
To find: The height of world’s shortest woman.
Answer to Problem 51CR
The height of world’s shortest woman is
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The world’s tallest woman casts a shadow of 46 inch and the height of woman is 7 feet 8 inches. The world’s shortest woman casts shadow of 15.5 inch.
Calculation:
Convert the height of world’s tallest woman into inches.
Let height of the world shortestwoman be
Both triangles are similar. By similarity of triangles, their side lengths are proportional.
So, the height of world’s shortest woman can be calculated as:
Therefore, the height of world’s shortest womanis
Chapter 5 Solutions
Glencoe Math Accelerated, Student Edition
Additional Math Textbook Solutions
Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)
University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)
Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition) - Standalone book
Precalculus
University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (4th Edition)
Precalculus
- Calculus: Early TranscendentalsCalculusISBN:9781285741550Author:James StewartPublisher:Cengage LearningThomas' Calculus (14th Edition)CalculusISBN:9780134438986Author:Joel R. Hass, Christopher E. Heil, Maurice D. WeirPublisher:PEARSONCalculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)CalculusISBN:9780134763644Author:William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett, Eric SchulzPublisher:PEARSON
- Calculus: Early TranscendentalsCalculusISBN:9781319050740Author:Jon Rogawski, Colin Adams, Robert FranzosaPublisher:W. H. FreemanCalculus: Early Transcendental FunctionsCalculusISBN:9781337552516Author:Ron Larson, Bruce H. EdwardsPublisher:Cengage Learning