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aquilante
Dec 14, 2008, 09:59 AM
My class assignment is to calculate the length and direction of the shadow my house casts at the winter and summer solstices at solar noon. My latitude is 40.60 N and 73.82 W and my house is 22 feet high.

Credendovidis
Dec 14, 2008, 06:46 PM
This LINK will explain how to deal with this question and your calculations. (http://www.exploratorium.edu/ancientobs/chaco/HTML/TG-shadows.html)

If you have more or further questions, just contact me !

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Snarkie
Jun 3, 2011, 04:46 AM
Here is a calculator that should give all the answers you need: http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/shadow_length.html