Question

The length of a shadow of a building is 30m The distance from the top of the building to the tip of the shadow is 38m Find the height of the building. If necessary, round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Answer:

23.3m

Explanation:

If you use the Pythagorean theorem to solve this, think of the tip of the building to the tip of the tip of the shadow as the hypotenuse then set it up like this, 30^2+x^2=38^2

subtract 30^2 from each side to get x^2=38^2-30^2

x^2=544

x=$\sqrt{544}$

x=23.32380

x=23.3m