SOLUTION: Hiroshi is 1.6 meters tall
and casts a shadow 0.53 meter in
length. How tall is a flagpole if it casts
a shadow 2.65 meters in length?
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Question 1156794: Hiroshi is 1.6 meters tall
and casts a shadow 0.53 meter in
length. How tall is a flagpole if it casts
a shadow 2.65 meters in length?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hiroshi is meters tall and casts a shadow meter in length.
How tall is a flagpole if it casts a shadow meters in length?
in both cases we have right triangles which are similar, so the coresponding sides are proportional
if is a height of a flagpole, we have
.....both sides multiply by
a flagpole is tall
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