Question

A telephone pole has a shadow of 16 ft. when a person 5 ft. tall has a shadow of 6 ft. How tall is the pole?

Write answer to nearest tenth or as a fraction.

x = ft.

Answer 1

let x = height of pole

use ratio and proportion
\[\frac {x}{16} = \frac{5}{6}\]
does that help?

Answer 2

yes sorry i lost connection to the internet for a bit thanks a bunch :D