Question

Jim is standing outside on a sunny evening at 5:00 pm. Jim's shadow at that time is 2.12 meters long. At the same time, a flagpole near Jim casts a shadow that is 8.95 meters long, If Jim is 1.75 meters tall, how tall is the flagpole in meters? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

We have that Jim is 6.1 ft tall, and his shadow is 12.4 ft long. If they ask for the shadow of the flagpole having into account that it is 22.4 ft tall, we can solve the problem with a three rule. We have the following relation: height (ft): object/person shadow 6.1 12.4 22.4 x Then we have the equation:

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