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trasher [3.6K]
3 years ago
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A man is trying to calculate the shadow of a 24 flag pole. He uses similar triangles by comparing his own height 5 ft to the len

gth of his shadow 2.5. Set up the proportion and solve for the length of the pole's shadow.
Mathematics
1 answer:
Pie3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

The answer to your question is 12 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

Data

Height of the flag pole = 24

shadow of the flag pole = x

height of the man = 5 ft

shadow of the man = 2.5 ft

Process

1.- Use the Thales' theorem to solve this problem

shadow of the flag pole/height of the flag pole = shadow of the man/height

                                                                                                 of the man

- Substitution

                     x/24 = 2.5/5

- Solve for x

                    x = 2.5(24)/5

- Simplification

                    x = 60/5

-Result

                   x = 12 ft

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