Question

A 5 m 60 cm high vertical pole casts a shadow 3 m 20 cm long. Find at the same time
i) the length of the shadow cast by another pole 10m 50 cm high.
ii) the height of a pole which casts a shadow 5m long.

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) x1=

y1=y2x2

⇒3.25.6=y210.5

⇒y2=6 cm

(ii) y1x1=y3x3

⇒3.25.6=5x3

⇒x3=8.75 m