Wally wants to determine the height of a statue that casts a 164-inch shadow by comparing it to his own height and shadow length. If Wally, who is 68 inches tall, casts a shadow that is 41 inches in length, what is the height of the statue?

We have been given that Wally wants to determine the height of a statue that casts a 164-inch shadow by comparing it to his own height and shadow length. Wally is 68 inches tall, casts a shadow that is 41 inches in length.

We will use proportions to solve for the height of the statue because proportions state that ratio between two proportional quantities is same.

Upon substituting our given values in above equation, we will get:

Therefore, the height of the statue is 272 inches.

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step-by-step explanation:

u = -(6/7)w

step-by-step explanation:

place all values with 'u' on one side of the equation.

4u + 8w = - 3u + 2w

4u + 3u = 2w - 8w

further simplify the equation by solving the addition and subtraction.

7u = - 6w

make 'u' the independent variable by placing its co-efficient on the right-hand side.

u = - (6/7)w