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A flag pole 4 cm tall casts a 6m, shadow. At the same time , a nearby building casts a shadow of 24 m. How tall is the building?

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VGS PUBLICATION-BRILLIANT-SIMILAR TRIANGLES -EXERCISE 8.2
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  4. A girl of height 90 cm is walking away from the base of a lamp-post at...

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  5. CM and RN are respectively the medians of similar triangle DeltaABC an...

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  7. CM and RN are respectively the medians of similar triangle DeltaABC an...

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  8. Diagonals AC and BD of a trapezium ABCD with AB||DC intersect each oth...

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  9. AB,CD,PQ are perpendicular to BD. AB=x. CD=y and PQ=z, prove that 1/x+...

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  11. CD and GH are respectively the bisectors of angle ACB and angle EGF su...

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  12. CD and GH are respectively the bisectors of angle ACB and angle EGF su...

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  13. CD and GH are respectively the bisectors of angle ACB and angle EGF su...

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  14. AX and DY are altitudes of two similar triangle DeltaABC and DeltaDEF....

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  15. Construct a Triangle shadow similar on the given DeltaABC, with its si...

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  16. Construct a Triangle of sides 4 cm, 5 cm and 6cm. Then, construct a Tr...

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  17. Construct is an isosceles Triangle whise base is 8 cm and altitude is ...

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