Question

A flagpole is 10 feet tall. It’s shadow is 12 feet long how far is it from the top of the flagpole to the end of its shadow?

Answer 1

It 11 ft cause the dependent

Answer 2

The shadow is 11 Ft. away from the pole base.

Explanation:

I just usually do this trick in situations like these where if x equals 1, and y equals 2, then z is gonna be 3. 2 goes after 1, and 3 goes after 2. This trick can work in other counting-up situations like this, as long as the number go up, and are right next to each other.