A 1.5 m tall man casts a shadow of 5.0 m at the same time that a flagpole cast a 43 m shadow. What is the height of the flagpole? What is the distance d from the top of the flagpole to the tip of its shadow?
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We can set up a proportion comparing the height of each object to the length of the shadow.
h
s
h
15
=
18
10
Cross multiply
10
⋅
h
=
18
⋅
15
10
h
=
270
Use the multiplicative Inverse
10
h
10
=
270
10
h
=
27
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