Vertical rod
The vertical one-meter-long rod casts a shadow 150 cm long. Calculate the height of a column whose shadow is 36 m long simultaneously.
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You need to know the following knowledge to solve this word math problem:
- geometry
- similarity of triangles
- algebra
- equation
- expression of a variable from the formula
- planimetrics
- triangle
- basic functions
- ratio
- simple proportion
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