Question

A group of students noticed the shadow of the flagpole was 47 feet long at the same time a person 6 feet tall cast a shadow 7 feet long. What is the height of the flagpole to the nearest foot?

Answer 1

The height of the tree is
27
f
t
.
Step-by-step explanation:
We can set up a proportion comparing the height of each object to the length of the shadow.
h
s
h
15
=
18
10
Cross multiply
10
⋅
h
=
18
⋅
15
10
h
=
270
Use the multiplicative Inverse
10
h
10
=
270
10
h
=
27