Question

A 6-foot ladder touches the side of a building at a point 5 feet above the ground. At what height would a 15-foot ladder touch the building if it makes the same angle with the ground as the shorter ladder?

Answer 1

(5 foot height/6 foot ladder)(15 foot ladder) = 75/6 = 12.5 foot height

Answer 2

Katie is 100 cm tall and is standing so that her mother's shado covers her shadow. She is 90 cm from her mother and her mother's shadow is 225cm long. How tall is her mother?

Answer 3

a 12-foot thre cast a 22-foot shaadow. Find the angle of the elevation from the tip of the tree.