Question: While strolling one morning to get a little sun, Judy noticed that a 20m flagpole cast a 25m shadow.?
Nearby was a telephone pole that cast a 35m shadow. How tall was the telephone pole?
Relation Questions:
Answer:
28 meters
20/25 = x/35
x = 35*20/25 = 28 meters
28 meters
This is what you need to do... 20/25 = x/35. Cross multiply. So it will be 25x = 700. Then you divide 25 from both sides and you will get x = 28. So the telephone pole was 28m Long. :-)