if a vertical pole of length 6m casts a shadow 4m long on the ground and at the same time a tower cast a shadow 28 m long, then the height of the tower is:

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yttrium · Answer

What do you think is the reason why you can not solve this?

anonymous · Answer

its because im nt sure how to prove tht they r similar....i can use the 90 degree angle as one but wt about the other???

anonymous · Answer

others are the other two angles because sun will be at same angle with both at a time

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

got it?

anonymous · Answer

here the rays are all parellel to each other as sun is so far

yttrium · Answer

To support @ksrakhilesh , that is what we call as interior angle theorem. Just be reminded about that. :))