SOLUTION: A flagpole that is 40 ft in height casts a shadow that is 25 ft in length. If a nearby building is 200ft tall, and the sun hits it at the same angle as the tree, what is the lengt

Question 1148854: A flagpole that is 40 ft in height casts a shadow that is 25 ft in length. If a nearby building is 200ft tall, and the sun hits it at the same angle as the tree, what is the length of the building’s shadow
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let b = length of the building shadow
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A flagpole that is 40 ft in height casts a shadow that is 25 ft in length.
If a nearby building is 200ft tall, and the sun hits it at the same angle as the tree, what is the length of the building’s shadow
:
ratio of objects to their shadows is the same
=
cross multiply
40b = 25 * 200
40b = 5000
b = 5000/40
b = 125 ft is the bldg shadow
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