SOLUTION: While walking home, Mae casts a shadow of 1.15m when she is 0.75m away from a 4.42m high street lamp. How tall is Mae?
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Question 1107173: While walking home, Mae casts a shadow of 1.15m when she is 0.75m away from a 4.42m high street lamp. How tall is Mae? Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! While walking home, Mae casts a shadow of 1.15m when she is 0.75m away from a 4.42m high street lamp. How tall is Mae?
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The distance from the pole to the far end of her shadow is 115 + 75 cm = 190 cm
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h = her height in cms
442/190 = h/115
