A 25 m tall flagpole casts a shadow that is 10 m long. At the same time, a nearby office building casts a shadow that is 26 m long. What is the height of the building? (hint: both triangles formed are similar in scale
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Step-by-step explanation:
This is a ratio problem
height of object
length of shadow
Let the height of the flagpole be
x
⇒
6
3
=
x
25
x
=
6
×
25
3
=
50
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