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How tall would a house be that casts a 18 feet long shadow?
That all depends upon what time of day the shadow was cast. For example, at straight up noon, even a very tall building wouldn't cast much of a shadow, but at sunrise or sunset, even a tiny building might cast an 18 foot long shadow, or even longer.
At which time of the day is the shadow formed the shortest?
Noon in winter, 1pm in summer when clocks are an hour ahead of Nature.
How did human beings know that the earth was a sphere before the use of satellites?
Some very wise man noticed that the shadow cast from a stick placed vertically in the ground was a different angle at exactly noon than the angle of shadow cast at exactly noon from a vertically placed stick in the ground at a location further north. By employing mathematics, he was able to deduce that the earth is in fact, roundish.
A meter stick cast a shadow 1.4m long at the same time a flagpole casts a shadow 7.7m long the triangle formed by the meterstick and its shadow is similar.how tall is the flagpole?
84 feet tall
How long is the shadow if a nearby 10-foot tall basketball hoop casts a 7-foot shadow?
3
How much shadow is shown at noon?
The shortest shadow occurs at noon.
What is the answer to the riddle if its very long its early morning if it is very short its noon?
shadow
Would a shadow be longer noon in winter or noon in summer?
the shadow would be longer in the winter i couldn't tell you why, though
What time of the day are shadow the shortest?
local noon (not noon according to the clock)
Where would your shadow be at noon if you lived closer to the equator?
There will be no shadow because the sun will be directly over your head on the equator at 12 noon.
When is a smaller shadow formed?
at noon the shadow is point sized {smaller} and in morning and evening the shadow is the longest.
What it is your shadow in monrning will get?
If you spend enough time standing around, during a sunny day, watching your shadow, you can observe that it will quite long early in the morning, and it gradually gets shorter as you approach noon; after noon it starts to get longer again. Then at night time, it is gone. Although moonlight can also cast a shadow, much fainter than the shadow you can get with sunlight.
What time of day is your shadow the shortest?
At mid-day or when the sun is as close to overhead of you as possible. At this time, your shadow will be directly below you and not long, as it is at sunrise or sunset. If you want which day in a year the Shadow likely to be smallest than it is June 22
When is the shortest shadow cast?
The shortest shadow is at noon because the sun is directly above you
What time of day is the shadow shortest?
Noon, because the sun is directly overhead.
At what time of the day would shadow be at its shortest?
noon
What time of the day would the shadow be at its shortest?
noon
