Question

The Ratio Of The Length Of A Vertical Pole And Its shadow on the ground is 8:5. find the length of the shadow if the length of the 40 m.

Answer 1

Given that

Ratio of pole is to its shadow is 8:5

And

Length of pole is 40 m

Then

8:5::40:x

Product of means = product of extremes

I.e

8*x=40*5

X = 40*5/8

X=25

Therefore length of shadow is 25 m