1. At 11:00 a.m. a one-meter-high mailbox casts a 0.7-meter shadow. If a pole beside the mailbox casts a 28-meter shadow, how tall is that pole?
400 m
40 m
0.4 m
4 m
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A Squared + B squared = C squared
I don't understand.????
The Pythagorean theorem is not needed here.
They are proportional.
1/.7 = x/28
Multiply both sides by 28.
28/.7 = x = ?
They are proportional.
1/.7 = x/28
Multiply both sides by 28.
28/.7 = x = ?
40 m
2 answers