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When the sun is low down, the shadow is longer.
If the sun is high up the shadow is shorter.
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What is the height of a building that cast a 105' shadow when a 6' man casts a 14' shadow?
Height of building/105 = 6/14 Multiply both sides by 105: Height = 630/14 Height = 45 feet
How can you calculate height of a pyramid by measuring the length of its shadow?
By means of trigonometry if you know the angle of elevation or by comparing it with a nearby object if you know its height and shadow length.
What will be the height of the shadow cast by a person standing near a 20 ft light post.The height of the person is 6 ftThe distance between man and pole is 10 ft?
It is zero: 0cm; 0mm A shadow has no height: length yes, but height no
What is the height in feet of a flagpole which casts a 6-foot shadow when a 6-foot man cast a 3-foot shadow?
Using trigonometry its height is 12 feet
A yard stick casts a shadow that is 24in longA street sign at the same time cast a shadow that is 72in longwhat is the height of the street sign?
3 yards in height
How does the length of a shadow change during the yearwhy does this happen?
The length of the shadow (on a flat, horizontal floor) depends on the height of the Sun. If the Sun is higher in the sky, the shadow will become shorter.
Are shadows longer or shorter than your actual height?
it depends on where the sun is in the sky If the sun is at its highest point ur hsadows will be shorter but as the sun get slower your shadow will get longer
What time during the day is your shadow the same height as you?
Both. At sunrise and sunset on a sunny day, your shadow will be very long. As the sun rises and approaches it's zenith at noon, your shadow becomes progessively shorter, then lengthens again throughout the afternoon.
Why isn't your shadow not always the same height as you are?
Because the length of your shadow, is dependent on the position of the sun. The higher the sun is in the sky, the shorter your shadow is. When the sun is low on the horizon in early morning or late evening, you present a larger 'image' and therefore your shadow is bigger.
What is the difference between cuboidal and columnar?
columnar : where the base is shorter than the height cuboidal:base and height are similar columnar : where the base is shorter than the height cuboidal:base and height are similar columnar : where the base is shorter than the height cuboidal:base and height are similar columnar : where the base is shorter than the height cuboidal:base and height are similar columnar : where the base is shorter than the height cuboidal:base and height are similar columnar : where the base is shorter than the height cuboidal:base and height are similar
When is the Shadow is shorter in morning or evening?
So long as the sun is the same height above the horizon your shadows will be the same length whether it is morning or evening.
Is a shadow at Long or short?
A shadow is usually longer in the morning and shorter in the afternoon.
How does the position of the sun effect your shadow?
The lower the sun the longer the shadow and the higher the sun the shorter the shadow
Why is your shadow shorter in Miami Florida?
Miami,Florida
Does squatting make us shorter in height?
No, squatting only makes you LOOK shorter in height temporarily.
The closer the light source the shadow is what?
The closer the light source the larger is the shadow. You can understand this effect using the paraxial aproximation of light theory. If you draw lines from the light source to the edges of an object, there is an angle (call it alpha) between the these lines and the orthonormal vector to the object. The shorter the distance between the light and the object, the higher is alpha (because the height of the object is always the same): tan(alpha) = (height of the object)/(distance between light and object) Of course the relationship between the height of the shadow and the angle is the same: tan(alpha) = (height of the shadow)/(distance to the wall in which the shadow is proyected) So, the higher the angle alpha (and closer the distance between light and object), the heigher is the shadow.
At midnight would your shadow be long or short?
shorter
