Question

standing 5m apart from the vertical pole of height 3m.Sudha observed a building at the back of the pillar that tip of the pillar is in the line with the top of the building.If the distance between pillar and the building is 10m.Estimate the height of the building

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the height of the building be

′

h

′

m.

Now, △ADE∼△ADC

( By AA similarity )

∴

AC

AE

=

DC

EB

⇒

15

5

=

h

3

⇒h=

5

3×15

=9m

∴ Height of the building is 9m

Hence, the answer is 9m