A tower 15 m high casts a shadow 30 m long. A nearby telephone pole casts a shadow 16 m long. Find the height of the telephone pole.
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It's height must be 8m
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it is not 8m because if you set up a proportion it will be height/length of shadow, so the proportion will be: 15/20=h/16, which turns into 30h=210, next divide both sides by 30, and h=7
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Make sure to make figures for these questions. It becomes clear then.
Check the file attached and see the justification of angleACB=anglePRQ
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