Question

A pole has a shadow that is 15 feet long.Mary is 4 feet tall and her shadow is 10 feet tall.how tall is the pole? ☹

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Answer 1

it is 6 feet

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The pole is 6 ft tall

Explanation:

We can solve this using ratio's

4ft tall Mary x ft tall pole

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

10 ft shadow 15 ft shadow

Using cross products

4 * 15 = 10 x

60 = 10x

Divide by 10

60/10 = 10x/10

6 =x

The pole is 6 ft tall