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A pole is 20 feet long its shadow is 7.5 feet long if you draw a line from the tip of the pole to the tip of the shadow how long will the line be?
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∙ 11y ago
Assuming the ground is flat, you can apply Pythagoras's theorem and:
length = sqrt(202 + 7.52) = sqrt(456.25) = 21.36 feet (approx).
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