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How far is it from the top of the flag pole to the tip of the shadow if the flag pole that is 18 feet tall casts a 24 foot shadow?
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Using Pythagoras' theorem it is 30 feet
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12ft
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What is the length of the shadow cast by a 63 foot high pole if a 27 foot high pole casts an 18 foot shadow?
If a 27 ft tall pole casts an 18 foot shadow, a 63 ft tall pole casts an x foot shadow.Put 27/18 and 63/x.Cross multiply, get 27x=1134Divide by 27 on both sides, a 63 foot tall pole casts a 42 foot long shadow.
How tall is the pole if the pole casts a 24-foot shadow and a 3 and one half foot tall boy casts a 6-foot shadow while standing beside the pole?
Answer is 14 feet
A vertical yardstick casts a 1 foot shadow and the same tree nearby casts a 15 foot shadow How tall is the tree?
That depends on the height of the yardstick whose height has not been given.
The top of a billboard is 40 feet above the ground What is the angle of elevation of the sun when the billboard casts a 30 foot shadow on level ground?
tan-1(40/30) = 53.13° Therefore, the sun is at a 53.13° angle of elevation.
When a 5 foot vertical pole casts a 3 foot 4 inch shadow and an oak tree casts a 20 foot shadow then what is the height of the tree?
Assuming that you are not using angles, but only ratios I have the following:Your answer is 30 ftCalculations:5 ft : 3f & 4 in (40in)20 * 12 = 240 in240 / 40 = 66 * 5 = 30 ft
How tall is a flag pole that casts an 18 ft shadow at the same time that a 6 ft man casts a 4 ft shadow?
We can solve this problem using a ratio. Since a 6 foot man casts a 4 foot shadow we can write this ratio as 6:4. If we reduce this ratio we get 3:2. Now we're stating that for every 3 feet of height, the shadow cast will be 2 feet.Now we can work our problem out using a small table:3 feet of flag pole = 2 feet of shadow6 feet of flag pole = 4 feet of shadow9 feet of flag pole = 6 feet of shadow12 feet of flag pole = 8 feet of shadow15 feet of flag pole = 10 feet of shadow18 feet of flag pole = 12 feet of shadowTherefore an 18 foot flag pole will cast a 12 foot shadow at the same time that a 6 foot man casts a 4 foot shadow.
A tree is 18 feet tall and casts a shadow 6 feet long A nearby sign casts a 3 foot shadow What is the height of the sign?
A 1 foot shadow I think.
A 90-foot tall lakefront hotel casts a shadow on the water how long is the shadow if a nearby 10-foot tall basketball hoop casts a 7-foot shadow?
63 feet
If a tree 17 feet tall casts a shadow 12 feet long how high is a building that casts a shadow 19 feet long?
To cast a 19 foot shadow the building would have to be 26.91 feet tall. Each foot of building/tree casts 8.47 inches of shadow.
What is the height of a telephone pole that casts a shadow of 15 feet if a 6 foot tall man casts a shadow of 3.5 feet?
2
How tall is a tree that casts a 25 foot shadow at the same time a 9 foot light pole casts a 15 foot shadow?
15 feet high
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
How high is a tree that casts a 21 foot shadow at the same time a 6.5 foot man cast a 5 foot shadow?
27.3 feet
If a 30 foot flagpole casts a12 foot shadow how tall is a mailbox casting a 18 inch shadow?
It works out as 3.75 feet
How high is a tree that cast a 24-foot shadow at the same time a 8-foot pole casts a shadow which is 11-foot long?
17.45 feet.
If a statue casts a 6 foot shadow and a 5 foot mailbox casts a 4 foot shadow how tall is the statue?
4 is to 6 as 5 is to X. 4/6 = 5/X. X = 7.5 feet.
If a girl casts a shadow of 8 feet long and she is 5.5 feet tall how high is a building that casts a 20 foot shadow?
5.5/8 = x/20 x=5.5*20/8 = 13.75 feet
