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  • 05-02-2022
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An electric pole 13 ft high casts a shadow that is 6.5 ft long. What is the length of the
shadow of a 23-ft pole?

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  • 05-02-2022

Answer:

11.5 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

We can set the porportions of pole height/shadow length equal

13/6.5=23/x

We can cross multiply,  13x=149.5 and divide to get x=11.5

Or we could have seen that the shadow is half the height of the pole.

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