Height of flagpole

Question

In another attempt to determine the height of the flagpole, a meter stick was placed vertically beside the flagpole. When the flagpole’s shadow was 36.72 m long, the meter stick’s shadow was 3.06 m long. Find the height of the flagpole. (3 marks)

Answer 1

Here you use a ratio of pole height to shadow.

1m to 3.06m shadow

pole height to 36.72m shadow.

we can set up a fraction to solve for pole height, x

1/3.06 = x/36.72

36.72/3.06 = 12m