Question

5m 60cm high vertical pole casts shadow 3m 20cm long. Find at the same time the langth of the shadow casts by another people 10m 50cm high.

Answer 1

Answer:

(i)

y

1

x

!

=

y

2

x

2

⇒

3.2

5.6

=

y

2

10.5

⇒y

2

=6 cm

(ii)

y

1

x

1

=

y

3

x

3

⇒

3.2

5.6

=

5

x

3

⇒x

3

=8.75