Question

A street light is 7.5 feet tall casts a 3-foot-long shadow A nearby flagpole casts a 16.5 foot long shadow what is the height of the flag pole

Answer 1

Answer:

h = 41.25 foot

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that,

Height of a street light = 7.5 feet

It casts a 3-foot-long shadow.

A nearby flagpole casts a 16.5 foot long shadow. We need to find the height of the flag pole. Let the height be h. It can be calculated as :

$\dfrac{\text{height of street light}}{\text{height of shadow of street light}}=\dfrac{\text{height of flagpole}}{\text{height of shadow of the flag pole}}\\\\\dfrac{7.5}{3}=\dfrac{h}{16.5}\\\\h=\dfrac{7.5\times 16.5}{3}\\\\h=41.25\ foot$

So, the height of the flag pole is equal to 41.25 foot.