Question

The picture below shows a pole and its shadow:

What is the height of the pole?

112 centimeters
100 centimeters
98 centimeters
64 centimeters

Answer 1

112

Explanation:

Answer 2

Explanation:

You need to use Pythagorean's Theorem to find the height of the pole. Namely,

`pole^2+15^2=113^2` and

`pole^2=113^2-15^2` and

`pole^2=12769-225` and

`pole^2=12544` so

pole = 112 cm