Answer :
So a meter stick is just one meter right? Everything else is measured in meters as well. The meter stick's shadow, the flagpole's shadow, they are all in meters. I don't know if they've taught you how to solve for x or not but you are pretty much solving for x. The flagpole, (the measure that you are trying to find) is the x.
So your problem kind of looks like this:
1/1.4=x/7.7
Again, I don't know if this will help or not but if it does, than yippie! :)
So your problem kind of looks like this:
1/1.4=x/7.7
Again, I don't know if this will help or not but if it does, than yippie! :)
Answer:
5.5 m
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x be the length of flagpole.
Length of stick=1 m
Length of shadow of stick=1.4 m
Length of shadow of flagpole=7.7 m
According to question
When triangles are similar then their ratio of corresponding sides are equal.
[tex]\frac{1}{1.4}=\frac{x}{7.7}[/tex]
[tex]x=\frac{7.7}{1.4}[/tex]
[tex]x=\frac{77}{14}[/tex]
[tex]x=\frac{11}{2}=5.5[/tex]
Hence, the length of flagpole=5.5 m
