Question

A pole has a shadow that is 5 feet long. Jackie's shadow is 3 feet long, and she is 6 feet tall. How tall is the ladder?
Ms. Sue
What ladder?

Brittany
A pole has a shadow that is 5 feet long. Jackie's shadow is 3 feet long, and she is 6 feet tall. How tall is the pole?
Ms. Sue
Ahh -- it's the pole we want -- not the ladder.

Cross multiply and solve for x.

3/6 = 5/x