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meriva
4 years ago
7

A girl 160 cm tall stands 360 cm from a lamp post at night. Her shadow from the light is 90 cm long. How high is the lamp post?

Mathematics
1 answer:
tigry1 [53]4 years ago
7 0

The answer is.

The Lamp post is 800cm

x = height of lamp post

160/90 = x/450

450 is the length from the base of the lamp post to the end of the shadow (360+90)

cross multiple

90x = 72000

x =800cm

Have a great day!

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