Question

The length of a shadow of a building is 27 m. The distance from the top of the building to the tip of the shadow is 31 m. Find the height of the building. If necessary, round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

its like a triangle

shadow is the base

31 meters is the hypotenuse

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

27^2 + b^2 = 31^2

b = square root of 232 which is 15.2315462117