At a particular time, objects and their shadows are proportionate.
Therefore, in figure,
--- (1)
where AB is the height of the lighthouse, BC, its shadow and FD is the height of Zara and DE is her shadow.
From the given information,
BC = 36 feet
FD = 4 feet and DE = 3 feet
(1) becomes
AB = 48
Hence, the height of the lighthouse is 48 feet.
Draw or Cut two similar squares with sides units long.
Draw or cut four pairs of similar right triangles with side lengths as indicated in the diagram.
Now arrange the similar triangles at the corners of the squares such that the sides of one similar triangle plus the side of a second similar triangle coincides with the length of the square.
We do another arrangement of the similar triangles. This time arrange another 4 similar triangles in the opposite corners, such that each pair forms a square.
Now comparing the two different arrangements we got two different areas that are equal.
The area of the uncovered squares in the first arrangement is
The area of the two uncovered squares in the second arrangement is
Equating the two areas gives the Pythagoras Theorem
Note that is the hypotenuse, and are two shorter sides of the similar right triangles.
Answer:
1.7507
Step-by-step explanation:
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Answer: He would have traveled 248 miles
Explanation: This is a ratio
To find how many miles he would have traveled after 4 hours, we need to apply the information givin into a ration table
(We can put miles on the top and hours on the bottom)
217 ?
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3.5 4
Now, we can do two things:
1. cross multiply
we would take 217 times 4 (868) and divide that by 3.5 (248)
2. Divide the top and bottom by 3.5 (numerator= 62 denominator= 1)
multiply 62 by 4 to get 248
Hope this helps!