Atelephone pole 13 1/3 feet tall casts a shadow of 16 feet when a person casts a shadow of 6 feet. how tall is the person? 4 ft. 5 ft. 5 ft.

The height of the person is 5 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : A telephone pole  feet tall casts a shadow of 16 feet when a person casts a shadow of 6 feet.

To find : How tall is the person?

Solution :

With the help of ratio comparing we find the height of the building to the height of the man and shadow of the building to the shadow of the man.

Let H be the height of the tower,

h be the height of the man,

S be the shadow of tower, S=16 feet.

s be the shadow of the person, s=6 feet.

Applying Ratio comparing,

Therefore, The height of the person is 5 feet.

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6x times 4 is 24x and 5 times 4 is 20, so the answer is 24x+20.

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