Word problems
#1 There is an electricity post that casts a 10 meter shadow and a small 3 meter pillar that casts a 2 meter shadow in the same direction. What is the height of the electricity post?
The post is 15 meters high
#1 Teacher Tatiana will draw the figure on the board. Find the missing side. X = _________
x= 56
#2 David is carrying his fruits from the market up a slope that is 10 meters long from the front of a high building that is 4 meters high. If he walks up 5 meters, how high will he be from the ground? Find the height of David from the ground.
David is 2 meters high from the gound.
#2 Teacher Tatiana will draw the figure on the board. Find x. X = ______
x = 48
#3 A firefighter uses a ladder that is 10 meters long to climb up to the window to save a child in a building. The building is 7 meters above the ground. After climbing 5 meters up the ladder he falls down. How high does he fall?
The fireman falls down 3.5 meters
#3 Teacher Tati will draw a figure on the board and you need to find X. X = _________
x = 7.5
#4 Measure the width of a river in the village. If AB is the width of the river use similar triangles to find the width of the river from A to B. CB = 40, DE =8, CE =2
What is AB?
The width of the river is 10 meters.
#4 Teacher Tatiana will draw the figure on the board. Find the missing sides x and y. X = _____ Y = ______
x = 18
y = 90
#5 Teacher Tatiana will draw a figure on the board. Find the value of x.
X= 8.5
#5 Teacher Tatiana will draw the figure on the board. Find y. Y= _______.
y= 6.6