SOLUTION: A telephone pole 10 meters tall casts a shadow 8 meters long at the same time that a tree 17.5 meters tall casts a shadow. How long is the tree’s shadow?
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Question 1055255: A telephone pole 10 meters tall casts a shadow 8 meters long at the same time that a tree 17.5 meters tall casts a shadow. How long is the tree’s shadow?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
| Cross Multiply to solve for x, the length of the tree’s shadow
x = 8(17.5)/10 = 14m
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