The first thing we are going to do is draw a diagram of the situation to help us to solve the situation.
We an draw tow similar triangle between the length of the shadows and the height of the stick and the pole.
Since <span>meter stick has a length of 1 meter, the height of our smaller triangle is 1 meter. Let </span>
be height of of the pole. Since both triangles are similiar we can establish a proportion between their corresponding sides and solve for
:
We can conclude that the pole is
4.04 meters tall.
Answer:
a. 8
b. 114
Step-by-step explanation:
a.
36/6 = 48/x
36x = 288
x = 8
b.
12/72 = 19/x
1/6 = 19/x
x = 114
The real way is to subtract the term with the variable on the right first, but both Spencer and Jeremiah are correct. When you do them both, they arrive at the same answer, only that Spencer's would be 2/5, and Jeremiah's would be -2/-5, which is 2/5, because you divide negative by a negative. It doesn't matter which term with the variable you would cancel out first. Either way, you still arrive at the correct answer.
Answer:
$3600
Step-by-step explanation:
hope that helps