The height of the person is .
The shadow of the person is .
The distance between person to the flagpole is .
Find height of the flag pole.
\Draw the related diagram:
\From the diagram:
\In ,
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In ,
.
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The height of the flag pole is .
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From the figure:
\The points are ,
and
.
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Since both and
lie in the plane, their cross product
is orthogonal to the plane and it is normal to plane.
Find the cross product of and
.
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The equation of the plane passes through the point and normal vector
is
.
The plane passes through the point and normal vector
.
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The equation of the plane is .