Asked by David

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
Answered by Sean
A Squared + B squared = C squared
Answered by Den
I don't understand.????
Answered by PsyDAG
The Pythagorean theorem is not needed here.

They are proportional.

1/.7 = x/28

Multiply both sides by 28.

28/.7 = x = ?
Answered by Brianna
40 m