Conceptual Integrated Science
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Author: Hewitt, Paul G., LYONS, Suzanne, (science Teacher), Suchocki, John, Yeh, Jennifer (jennifer Jean)
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Chapter 1, Problem 22TS
Eratosthenes measured the height of the vertical pillar in Alexandria to be 8 times greater than the length of the shadow it cast at high noon. So the ratio of (length of shadow)/(height of pillar) is 1/8. If the sun were lower in the sky, would the ratio be smaller or larger?
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