HELP QUICK Standing side by side, a woman casts a 41.4-inch shadow and her 40-inch-tall son casts a 24-inch shadow. What is the height of the woman to the nearest inch?

25 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Son:

Woman:

Required

Determine the height of the woman's shadow

From the question, the height is directly proportional to the height of the shadow:

So, we have:

--- For the son

and

Where x represents the shadow of the woman

Cross Multiply:

Make x the subject

---- approximated

Hence, the woman's shadow is 25 inches tall

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet

step-by-step explanation:

let's assume length of parallelogram is 'l'

width of parallelogram is 'w'

the perimeter of a parallelogram must be no less than 40 feet

so, we get

we are given

length of parallelogram is 6 feet

so,

l=6

we can plug it

now, we can solve for w

subtract both sides by 12

divide both sides by 2

and we get

so,

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet