A flagpole casts a shadow 30 feet long. A 5 foot woman standing next to the flagpole casts a shadow 6 feet long. How tall is the flagpole?
Cross multiply and solve for x.
5/6 = x/30
30
Actually it is 25. Boom
It is 25, Anonymous was right
To find the height of the flagpole, we can set up a proportion using the lengths of the shadows and heights of the objects.
Let's say h represents the height of the flagpole.
According to the given information:
The length of the shadow of the flagpole is 30 feet.
The length of the shadow of the woman is 6 feet.
We can set up the proportion:
(height of flagpole / length of flagpole's shadow) = (height of woman / length of woman's shadow)
(h / 30) = (5 / 6)
To solve this proportion, we can cross-multiply:
6h = 5 * 30
6h = 150
Dividing both sides of the equation by 6, we get:
h = 150 / 6
h = 25
Therefore, the height of the flagpole is 25 feet.