A pole 15 feet High casts a shadow 5 feet long a 6-foot man standing nearby would cast a shadow of

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To check on shipment of 500 articles a sampling of 50 articles was carefully inspected of the sample 4 articles were defective on this basis what is the probable percentage of defective articles in the original shipment
15 ÷ 5 = 3
So you need to do:
6 ÷ 3 = 2
So, the man's shadow is 2 feet.
15/5 = 6/X
Cross multiply and you'll get:
15X = 30
X = 30/15
X=2