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A pole that is 3.5 m tall casts a shadow that is 1.55 m long. At the same time, a nearby building casts a shadow that is 45.25 m long. How tall is the building? Round your answer to the nearest meter.

Sagot :

We can solve this problem with proportions, by expressing the ratio of the height of the pole and the building to the length of their shadow, like this:

Height of pole / shadow of pole = Height of building / shadow building

when we take x as the height of the building and substitute the values provided by the question, we get:

[tex]\frac{3.5}{1.55}=\frac{x}{45.25}[/tex]

From this expression we can solve for x, like this:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{3.5}{1.55}=\frac{x}{45.25} \\ \frac{3.5}{1.55}\times45.25=\frac{x}{45.25}\times45.25 \\ \frac{3.5}{1.55}\times45.25=\frac{45.25}{45.25}\times x \\ \frac{3.5}{1.55}\times45.25=1\times x \\ \frac{3.5}{1.55}\times45.25=x \\ x=\frac{3.5}{1.55}\times45.25\approx102 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Then, the height of the building is 102 m