SOLUTION: Hiroshi is 1.6 meters tall and casts a shadow 0.53 meter in length. How tall is a flagpole if it casts a shadow 2.65 meters in length?

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Question 1156794: Hiroshi is 1.6 meters tall
and casts a shadow 0.53 meter in
length. How tall is a flagpole if it casts
a shadow 2.65 meters in length?
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Hiroshi is 1.6 meters tall and casts a shadow 0.53 meter in length.
How tall is a flagpole if it casts a shadow 2.65 meters in length?
in both cases we have right triangles which are similar, so the coresponding sides are proportional
if h is a height of a flagpole, we have
1.6%2F0.53=h%2F2.65.....both sides multiply by 2.65
%281.6%2F0.53%292.65=h
h=8
a flagpole is 8m tall