A 4-ft vertical post casts a 20-in shadow at the same time a nearby cell phone tower casts a 120-ft shadow. How tall is the cell phone tower? The cell phone tower's height is how mnay ft.

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A 4-ft vertical post casts a 20-in shadow at the same time a nearby cell phone tower casts a 120-ft shadow. How tall is the cell phone tower?

The cell phone tower's height is
how mnay ft.

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t/120 ft = 2 ft/(4/3)ft
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t = 120[6/4] = 180 ft (tower's height)

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