1. At a time of the day when the shadow of a vertical pole 20 ft. high is 28 ft. long, tree nearby casts a shadow 35 ft. long. How tall is the tree?
2. The ratio of similitude (or scale factor) between two similar triangles is 3:4. If the shortest side of the smaller triangle is 21 cm, what is the lenght of the shortest side of the bigger triangle?
3. The lenghts of the sides of a triangle 8, 10, and 12. The lenght of the shorter side of a similar triangle is 12. Find the lenghts of the other two sides.
4. The lenghts of the sides of a triangle are 14, 8, and 16. Find the perimeter of a second triangle similar to it, if the lenght of the shortest side is 12.
5. The perimeter of two similar triangles are 14 and 24. The lenght of an altitude of the first is 3. Find the lenght of the corresponding altitude of the second triangle.
6. Shad is 3 ft. from a lamppost that is 12 ft. high. If Shad is 5 1/2 ft. tall, How long is Shad's shadow?
2007-11-29
14:37:54
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