Homework Help: College Algebra

Posted by Brittany on Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 10:18pm.

A person who is 6 feet tall walks away from flagpole toward the tip of the shadow of the flagpole. When the person is 30 feet from the flagpole, the tips of the person's shadow and the shadow cast by the flagpole coincide at a point 5 feet in front of the person. Find the height of the flagpole.

College Algebra - Michael, Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 11:43pm
Draw a diagram to model the situation. Then, set up a proportion.
- College Algebra - Brittany, Monday, November 26, 2007 at 12:00am
  I probably going to need more to go on because if I knew how to do that (draw the model) I could have answered the problem already.
  - College Algebra - Michael, Monday, November 26, 2007 at 7:09am
    Your model is going to be two triangles. The larger triangle will be the flag pole, and inside that, you will have the person.
College Algebra - Ashley, Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 6:23pm
is it 42

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