SOLUTION: Pole A, 9.6 meters high, casts a shadow of twenty meters. Pole B casts a shadow of 5 meters. What is the height of Pole B?

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Question 386493: Pole A, 9.6 meters high, casts a shadow of twenty meters. Pole B casts a shadow of 5 meters. What is the height of Pole B?
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Hi

Let x represent the height of Pole B

Question Sets Up the Proportion

 9.6%2F20m+=+x%2F5m

cross multiply to solve for x

 20x = 5*9.6

   x = 5*9.6/20

   x = 2.4m, the height of Pole B



CHECKING our Answer

 9.6/20 = .48 = 2.4/5