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If you have a 900cm2 plane mirror 45 cm in front of you and can just see the full length of an 8.5m flagpole behind you how far are you from the flagpole?
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Answered by
drwls
To answer this, you need the height H of the mirror, not its area. Are we supposed to assume it is a squate mirror? In that case, H = 30 cm
If H is the length of the mirror in the vertical direction,
H/0.45 = 8.5/(X +0.45)
Solve for X, once you know H.
If H is the length of the mirror in the vertical direction,
H/0.45 = 8.5/(X +0.45)
Solve for X, once you know H.
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brian murphy
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