SOLUTION: At 10 am, a building casts a shadow that is 98 feet long. At the same time,
a 5 feet tall man casts a shadow that is 4 feet long. Find the height of the
building.
I'm afraid
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Question 713035: At 10 am, a building casts a shadow that is 98 feet long. At the same time,
a 5 feet tall man casts a shadow that is 4 feet long. Find the height of the
building.
I'm afraid I might be drawing, or visualizing the problem incorrectly.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have 2 similar triangles
You can say:
height[1] / shadow[1] = height[2] / shadow[2]
The building is 122.5 ft tall
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