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Question ID: 119.2377 movement of the progress bar may be uneven because questions can be worth more or less (including zero) depending on your answil Sam needs to know the height of an electricity (power) pole in his neighborhood. The pole casts a 24-foot shadow while he casts a 4-foot shadow. Sam is 6 feet tall. The height of the electricity pole is feet tall. Enter only the number. The solution is Save and close Submit Pass Don't know answer

Answer 1

The triangle from by the shadow of the electricity pole and the triangle of the shadow of Sam are similar triangles.

In similar triangles the ratio between correspondiing sides is equal:

`\begin{gathered} (x)/(6)=(24)/(4) \\ \\ x=(24\cdot6)/(4)=36 \end{gathered}`Then, the electricity pole is 36ft tall