document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1172121>Question 1172121</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A telephone pole casts a shadow that is 30 feet long. At the same time, a man standing nearby who is 6 feet tall casts a shadow that is 4 feet 6 inches long. How tall is the telephone pole to the nearest foot?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When I solved this I got 40 feet. I'm not sure if that is correct, but here is the steps I took:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. Converted 4ft into 48in by multiplying 4x12 then I added 6, Total: 54in.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. Then I took 6x12 and got 72 and took 30x12 and got 360.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. The proportion formula I used was height / shadow = height / shadow. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4. I plugged in the numbers 54 / 72 = x / 360 and cross multiplied and divided <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5. Result, I got 480 and divided by 12 to convert back into feet since that is what the question wanted.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6. As a final answer I got 40\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A telephone pole casts a shadow that is 30 feet long. At the same time, a man standing nearby who is 6 feet tall casts a shadow that is 4 feet 6 inches long. How tall is the telephone pole to the nearest foot?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When I solved this I got 40 feet. I'm not sure if that is correct, but here is the steps I took:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. Converted 4ft into 48in by multiplying 4x12 then I added 6, Total: 54in.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. Then I took 6x12 and got 72 and took 30x12 and got 360.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. The proportion formula I used was height / shadow = height / shadow. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4. I plugged in the numbers 54 / 72 = x / 360 and cross multiplied and divided <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5. Result, I got 480 and divided by 12 to convert back into feet since that is what the question wanted.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6. As a final answer I got 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">Your answer is correct, but it involves too many UNNECESSARY calculations!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You're right in using a proportion to solve, but when you look at the man's shadow, you should see that it's easier to keep it in feet, since 4 feet, 6 inches = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=matrix%281%2C4%2C+4%261%2F2%2C+or%2C+4.5%2C+feet%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"matrix%281%2C4%2C+4%261%2F2%2C+or%2C+4.5%2C+feet%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=matrix%281%2C3%2C+matrix%281%2C2%2C+%22Man%27s%22%2C+shadow%29%2Fmatrix%281%2C2%2C+%22Man%27s%22%2C+height%29%2C+%22=%22%2C+matrix%281%2C2%2C+%22Pole%27s%22%2C+shadow%29%2Fmatrix%281%2C2%2C+%22Pole%27s%22%2C+height%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <====== Keeping with your proportion, and by letting \"x\" be the pole's height.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "          <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=matrix%281%2C3%2C+4.5%2F6%2C+%22=%22%2C+30%2Fx%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"matrix%281%2C3%2C+4.5%2F6%2C+%22=%22%2C+30%2Fx%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "          4.5x = 6(30) ------ Cross-multiplying<BR>\n" );
document.write( "          Pole's height, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C6%2C+x%2C+%22=%22%2C+6%2830%29%2F4.5%2C+%22=%22%2C+40%2C+feet%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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