Question

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!
Jorge stands 63 feet from the base of a flagpole.The top of the flagpole's shadow falls on Jorge's shoe.The flagpole is 60 feet high.Exactly how far from the flagpole's topis Jorge standing?

Answer 1

Pythagorean theorem. The flagpole, assuming it is perpendicular to the ground, should form a right triangle such that Jorge's distance to the top can be represented by
\[d=\sqrt{h^{2}+L^{2}}\]
Where d is the said distance, h is the pole's height, and L is how far Jorge is from the base of the pole.