Indirect Measurement Practice

A fire hydrant 2.5 feet high casts a 5-foot shadow. How tall is a street light that casts a 26-foot shadow at the same time? Let h represent the height of the street light.

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

How tall is the building?

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

A telephone pole casts a 24-foot shadow. Belinda, who is 5 feet 8 inches tall, casts a 7-foot shadow. Which is closest to the height of the telephone pole?

• 50 ft

• 40 ft

• 10 ft

• 20 ft

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

A child  $4\ \frac{1}{2}$  feet tall casts a 6-foot shadow. A nearby statue casts a 12-foot shadow. What is the height of the statue? 

•  $8\ \frac{1}{4}$  ft.

• 9 ft. 

•  $13\ \frac{1}{2}$  ft.

• 24 ft.

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

The Giant Wheel at Cedar Point in Ohio is one of the tallest Ferris wheels in the country at 136 feet tall. If the Giant Wheel casts a 34-foot shadow, write and solve a proportion to find the height of a nearby man who casts a  $1\ \frac{1}{2}$ -foot shadow. 

Note: Just enter your answer as a number - no units

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

A lighthouse casts a 128-foot shadow. A nearby lamppost that measures 5 feet 3 inches casts an 8-foot shadow. What is the height of the lighthouse?

Note: Just enter your answer as a number - no units

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

A surveyor used the above map to find the distance across Lake Okeechobee. Find the distance across Lake Okeechobee.

Note: Just enter your answer as a number - no units

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

When a ball is deflected off a smooth surface, the angles formed by the path are congruent. Booker hit the orange ball and it followed the path from A to B to C as shown below. What was the total distance traveled by the ball from the time Booker hit it until it came to rest at the end of the table?

• 27

• 61

• 79

• 101

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2