A pole that is 3.4m tall casts a shadow that is 1.03m long. At the same time, a nearby building casts a shadow that is 41.5mlong. How tall is the building?

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16-04-2014
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A pole that is 3.4m tall casts a shadow that is 1.03m long. At the same time, a nearby building casts a shadow that is 41.5mlong. How tall is the building?

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callista callista · Answer 1 · 2014-04-16T23:02:14-04:00

callista callista

16-04-2014

I got that the building is 136.9902912...(nonterminating) meters tall. Or you could round that to 137m tall. I got that by setting up ratios of the height and the shadows, then cross multiplying.

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