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  • 15-03-2018
  • Mathematics
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at the same time a 2-meter street sign casts a 3-meter shadow, a telephone pole casts a 12.3-meter shadow. how tall is the telephone pole?

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Аноним Аноним
  • 15-03-2018
the 2 triangles formed will be similar so:-

3 / 12.3 = 2 / x    where x = height of the telephone pole

x =  12.3 * 2  / 3  =  8.2 m Answer


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