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A 4​-ft vertical post casts a 12​-in shadow at the same time a nearby cell phone tower casts a 122​-ft shadow. How tall is the cell phone​ tower?

User Ben Boyle
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Answer:

the cell phone tower is 488 ft

Explanation:


change 12 in = 1ft

4ft x ft

------------------- = ----------------

1ft shadow 122 ft shadow


using cross products

4 * 122 = 1 * x

488 = x

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