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  • 03-11-2022
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What would be the height of a building the cast a shadow 50 feet long at the same time

What would be the height of a building the cast a shadow 50 feet long at the same time class=

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ThaleiaR672228 ThaleiaR672228
  • 03-11-2022

Given:

The height of the girl is 5 ft and the length of the shadow is 2 ft., at the same time the shadow of the building is 50 ft .

Required:

To find the height of the building.

Explanation:

Let the height of the building is h ft.

Since triangle ABC is similar to the triangle DEF.

Thus by using the similarity condition.

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{AC}{DF}=\frac{AB}{DE} \\ \frac{5}{h}=\frac{2}{50} \\ h=\frac{50\times5}{2} \\ h=125\text{ ft} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Final Answer:

Thus the third option is the correct answer.

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