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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 126​-ft shadow. How tall is the cell phone​ tower?

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4 feet / 12 inches = 4 feet / 1 foot = 4/1 = 4,
and if h is the height of the cell tower,
h/126 feet = 4
h = 4 * 126 feet = 504 feet.
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