Question 15:
A vertical pole of a length 6 m casts a shadow 4m long on the ground and at the same time a tower casts a shadow 28 m long. Find the height of the tower.
Answer:
Let AB and CD be a tower and a pole respectively.
Let the shadow of BE and DF be the shadow of AB and CD respectively.
At the same time, the light rays from the sun will fall on the tower and the pole at the same angle.
Therefore, ∠DCF = ∠BAE
And, ∠DFC = ∠BEA
∠CDF = ∠ABE (Tower and pole are vertical to the ground)
∴ ∆ABE ∼ ∆CDF (AAA similarity criterion)
Therefore, the height of the tower will be 42 metres.
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