Shadow Math — StepsLabs Experiment Bay

Control Panel

Pole height (H) 3.6 m

Person height (h) 0.9 m

Distance walked (d) 4.8 m

Solving via Similar Triangles

△ABE ~ △CDE (AA) BE / DE = AB / CD (4.8 + x) / x = 3.6 / 0.9 x = 1.60 m

Live Figure

Slide any value and watch the shadow x recompute live — this is the exact setup from the worked example, just with numbers you control.