a vertical meter stick casts a shadow 40 centimeters long at the same time a flag pole casts a shadow 10 ft long how tall is the flag pole

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We need to convert 10 ft to cm = 120 x 2.54 = 304.8 cm ... and 1m = 100cm

100m / 40cm = x / 304.8 cross-multiply

30480 = 40x divide by 40

x = 762 cm = 7.62 m = [39.37/12 x 7.62] = about 25 ft

CPhill Jan 21, 2015

CPhill · Answer 1 · 2015-01-21T01:59:26

We need to convert 10 ft to cm = 120 x 2.54 = 304.8 cm ... and 1m = 100cm

100m / 40cm = x / 304.8 cross-multiply

30480 = 40x divide by 40

x = 762 cm = 7.62 m = [39.37/12 x 7.62] = about 25 ft