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* How High Can Buildings Go? How can we measure them? SAFELY!! Safe Measuring Estimate 5 ft 9 ft 1191 ft X Solving the Proportion Woman’s Height Woman’s Shadow = Building Height Building Shadow 5 9 = X 1191 9X = 5*1191 9X = 5955 9X = 5955 9 9 X = 662 Feet Actual Structure Height Space Needle (Seattle Center) Built 1961 for ’62 World’s Fair Seattle, Washington Edward E. Carlson, designer 605 feet high (184 meter) Picture and information from /library/blspaceneedle.htm (Our estimate: 662 ft, included the antennae) Teachable Moments Begin: 1191 ft How will you measure the structure