Question

A telephone pole casts a shadow that is 30 feet long. At the same time, a man standing nearby who is 6 feet tall casts a shadow that is 4 feet 6 inches long. How tall is the telephone pole to the nearest foot?
did you draw a diagram? If so, then by similar triangles,

h/30 = 6/4.5

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