SOLUTION: please help me solve these problem: A 15m vertical pole casts a 6m shadow . A tower casts a shadow of 100m. What is the height of the tower?

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A 15m vertical pole casts a 6m shadow . A tower casts a shadow of 100m. What is the height of the tower?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Corresponding angles are the same between each triangle formed. Similar triangles!

, where is the tower length.

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