A pole has a shadow that is 15 feet long.Mary is 4 feet tall and her shadow is 10 feet tall.how tall is the pole? ☹

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Answer:

The pole is 6 ft tall

Step-by-step explanation:

We can solve this using ratio's


4ft tall Mary        x ft tall  pole

-----------        =     -------------------

10 ft shadow      15 ft shadow


Using cross products

4 * 15 = 10 x

60 = 10x

Divide by 10

60/10 = 10x/10

6 =x

The pole is 6 ft tall

Answer:

it is 6 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

i dont have much of an explaination except that you have to draw a diagram inorder not tom get confused.

hope it helps.