SOLUTION: Can you please help me on the following problem. It is 3 pm on a sunny day. Your task is to find the height of the flag pole. You have only a meter stick. Thank You.

Question 541610: Can you please help me on the following problem.
It is 3 pm on a sunny day. Your task is to find the height of the flag pole. You have only a meter stick.
Thank You.
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
make a mark on the ground and stand the meter stick vertically on the mark

make a mark at the end of the meter stick's shadow, and a mark at the end of the flagpole's shadow
___ the lengths of the shadows will change with time, so make the two marks quickly

use the meter stick to measure the lengths of the shadows of the stick and the flag pole

the ratio between the flag pole and its shadow is the same as the ratio between the meter stick and its shadow
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