The length of the shadow of the television tower is 50 m. At the same time, the length
The length of the shadow of the television tower is 50 m. At the same time, the length of a pupil with a height of 1.8 m is 0.9 m. Calculate the height of the television tower.
We will solve the problem using proportions.
From the condition, we know that the length of the shadow of a television tower is 50 m.At the same time, the length of the shadow of a student 1.8 m tall is 0.9 m.
In order to find the height of the television tower, we compose the proportion, denoting the height of the tower with the variable x and get:
x – 50;
1.8 – 0.9.
x / 1.8 = 50 / 0.9.
We are looking for an unknown extreme term of the proportion, for this we divide the product of the middle terms by the known extreme term of the proportion:
x = (1.8 * 50) /0.9 = 90 / 0.9 = 100 meters tower height.