Question

A 4-ft vertical post casts a 16- in shadow at the same time a nearby cell phone tower casts a 122 - ft shadow . How tall is the cell phone tower ? The cell phone tower's height is _ ft(simplify your answer .)

Answer 1

In this problem, we will use ratio and proportion

The height of the tower is 366 ft

`\begin{gathered} (4)/((16)/(12))=\text{ }(x)/(122) \\ x\text{ = }(4\ast122)/((16)/(12))=\text{ 366} \end{gathered}`