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A telephone pole casts a shadow that is 37 m long. Find the height of the telephone pole if a statue that is 33 cm tall casts a shadow 83 cm long.

A telephone pole casts a shadow that is 37 m long. Find the height of the telephone pole if a statue that is 33 cm tall casts a shadow 83 cm long.
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A telephone pole casts a shadow that is 37 m long. Find the height of the telephone pole if a statue that is 33 cm tall casts a shadow 83 cm long.

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By similar triangles...

p/37=33/83

p=37(33)/83

p=1221/83 m

p≈14.711 m (to nearest thousandth of a meter, or nearest millimeter)

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