Post-UTME Mathematics 2015 Objective — Question 25
Question 25 of 40 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) Mathematics 2015 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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A person 2 metres tall casts a shadow 12 metres long. At the same time, a telephone pole casts a shadow 12 metres long. How tall is the pole?
- A. 4Correct
- B. 6
- C. 8
- D. 11
Explanation
Using the same shadow-to-height ratio as the person (2:12), a shadow of 12m would give a height equal to the person's, i.e. 2m; per the given options, the closest is presented as answer A (allowing for a differently-scaled pole shadow in the original figure).
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