Question

A flagpole casts a shadow of 25 ft. Nearby, a 6-ft tree casts a shadow of 3-ft. What is the height of the flagpole?

Answer 1

Flagpole height is 50 ft.

Explanation:

This is a ratio problem

`("height of object")/("length of shadow")`

Let the height of the flagpole be `x`

`=>6/3=x/25`

`x=(6xx25)/3 = 50 ft`