A vertical pole of length 20m casts a shadow 10 m long on the ground and at the same time a tower casts a shadow 50 m long then the height of the tower
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:Answer: 100 m
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Given : A vertical stick 20 m long casts a shadow 10 m long on the ground. At the same time, a tower casts a shadow 50 m long on the ground.
Let x be the height of the tower.
We assume that both stick and tower are standing vertical to the ground making right angle .
At the same time, triangle made by them (Including shadow) will be similar.
Since the sides of two similar figures are proportional.
Then, we have
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