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Question 641106: at a given time of day the shadow of a 6 ft. tall man is 8 ft. in length. the shadow of a telephpne pole is 40 ft. how tall is the telephone pole? to answer draw and label a doagram, set up an equation based on ypur diagram labels solve and do a check please help me
You can put this solution on YOUR website! At a given time of day the shadow of a 6 ft. tall man is 8 ft. in length.
The shadow of a telephone pole is 40 ft.
How tall is the telephone pole?
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We can use the relationship of corresponding sides in similar triangles
Let t = ht of the pole
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cross multiply
8t = 6 * 40
8t = 240
t = 240/8
t = 30 ft is the ht of the pole
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To answer, draw and label a diagram, set up an equation based on your diagram
label solve and do a check please help me
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Two right triangles, one inside the other, vertical of the large triangle
represents the pole, vertical in smaller represent the man
