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A man that is 6 feet tall is standing so that the tip of his shadow is 20 feet from a light pole. His shadow is 8 feet long. What is the height of the pole?

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Answer:

The answer to your question is: the height of the light pole is 15 ft.

Explanation:

See the picture below

Now, we can do proportions to finds the height of the light pole


(20)/(8) =  (x)/(6)

Solve for x

x = 6(20) / 8

x = 120 / 8

x = 15 ft

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