Wednesday 12 November 2014

Sixth Form question: how far away is Blackpool Tower?

You might need to enlarge this picture to see Blackpool Tower!
Imagine a triangle that goes from my eye to the top of my little finger, down to the bottom of my little finger and then back to my eye. Show that the angle at my eye end is about 0.5 degrees. Then compare Blackpool Tower with my little finger and use similar triangles to work out how far away I was stood from Blackpool Tower. You might even be able to tell me where I was!