The proportion of height-shadow of the two objects is the same. Make a comparison of height-shadow [tex] \dfrac{\text{height}}{\text{shadow}}= \dfrac{\text{height}}{\text{shadow}}[/tex]
In this case, the proportion will be [tex]\dfrac{\text{maypole height}}{\text{maypole shadow}}= \dfrac{\text{towerheight}}{\text{towershadow}}[/tex]
Plug in the numbers for an instance, h stands for the height of maypole we want to find. [tex] \dfrac{h}{12}= \dfrac{12}{16} [/tex]
Do cross multiplication 16h = 12 × 12 16h = 144 h = 144/16 h = 9 The height of the maypole is 9 meters
