15. A birdhouse and the pole that it is on cast a shadow 15 feet long. If a person standing nearby casts a shadow 5 feet long, and the person is 4 feet tall, how tall are the
birdhouse and the pole?
.a. 12
c. 18.75
b. 15
d. 13.25

Best answer that i found on yahoo ok   set :   x= length of 2nd piece in cm  x- 3= length of 1st piece in cm  x-4= length of 3rd piece in cm  then since you know they all came from the 20 cm ribbon you add them together and set them equal to 20x+ x-3 +x-4 = 20  3x - 7= 20  3x= 27  x= 9  the shortest piece is the third piece which is x- 4  x-4  9-4 = 5  the length of the smallest piece is 5 cm.  the other lengths are  9 cm  6 cm