document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=287782>Question 287782</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A meter stick is held perpendicular to the ground.  It casts a shadow 1.5 meter long.  At the same time, a telephone pole casts a shadow that is 9 meters long.  How tall is the telephone pole? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "so the shadow of the pole is also one and a half times as long as the pole\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9 / (3/2) = 6 </SPAN>\n" );
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