SOLUTION: Joe is 1.6m tall. His shadow is 2m long when he stands 3m from the base of a floodlight. Show that the height of the flood light is equal to 4 m

Question 335823: Joe is 1.6m tall. His shadow is 2m long when he stands 3m from the base of a floodlight.
Show that the height of the flood light is equal to 4 m
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Height of light pole and Joe are parallel
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distance from foot of light = 3 feet
shadow = 2 feet
total = 5 feet
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Joe is 1.6 feet.
Let height of light pole be x feet
by congruent triangle theorem
x/5 = 1.6 /2
x= 5*1.6/2
x= 4 the height of light

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