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Indirect Measurement
1. A fire hydrant 2.5 feet high casts
a 5-foot shadow. How tall is a street light that
casts a 26-foot shadow at the same time?
2. At the same time a 2-meter street sign casts a 3-meter
shadow, a telephone pole casts a 12.3 meter shadow. How tall is
the telephone pole? Draw a picture.
3. Given that the shapes are similar.
What is the height of the tree?
4. What is the height of the building?
6. What is the height of the taller flag pole?
5. The Giant Wheel at Cedar Point in Ohio is
one of the tallest Ferris wheels in the country
at 136 feet tall. If the Giant Wheel casts a
34-foot shadow, write and solve a proportion
to find the height of a nearby man who casts a
1 ½ foot shadow.
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9. A flagpole casts a shadow
that is 25 feet long. Joe is 4 feet tall
and casts a shadow that is 5 feet long.
How tall is the flagpole? Draw a picture.
10. The shadow cast by a radio tower is
60 feet long. At the same time, the
shadow cast by a 5-foot tall pole is 15
feet long. How tall is the radio tower?