SOLUTION: A flagpole is 15 feet high cast a shadow of 10 feet, at the same time a nearby building cast a 30 foot shadow. How many feet high is the building? Note the ground is level and bot
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Question 446373: A flagpole is 15 feet high cast a shadow of 10 feet, at the same time a nearby building cast a 30 foot shadow. How many feet high is the building? Note the ground is level and both building and the flag poles are perpendicular to the ground
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let building be x feet
flagpole = 15 fet, shadow = 10 feet
building = x feet, shadow=30 feet
15/10 = x/30
15*30/10= x
45 feet is the height of the building
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