A meter stick casts a shadow 1.4 m long at the same time a flagpole casts a shadow 7.7 m long. The triangle formed by the meter stick and its shadow is similar to the triangle formed by the flagpole and its shadow.

How tall is the flagpole?

So a meter stick is just one meter right? Everything else is measured in meters as well. The meter stick's shadow, the flagpole's shadow, they are all in meters. I don't know if they've taught you how to solve for x or not but you are pretty much solving for x. The flagpole, (the measure that you are trying to find) is the x. So your problem kind of looks like this: 1/1.4=x/7.7 Again, I don't know if this will help or not but if it does, than yippie! :)

Answered by julienne | 2024-06-10

5.5 m ;

Answered by lublana | 2024-06-12

The height of the flagpole is calculated to be 5.5 meters using the properties of similar triangles based on the lengths of the shadows cast. We set up a proportion using the heights and shadow lengths of both the meter stick and the flagpole. By solving the proportion, we find the height of the flagpole.
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Answered by lublana | 2024-09-03