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A man is standing near a totem pole the man is 74 inches tall and his shadow is 4 ft long The shadow of the totem pole is 6 ft long how tall is it?
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The sunlight's vertical angle to the man (standing straight) and to the totem pole is the same. Therefore the length of their shadows (one side of a right triangle) to their heights (the other side) will have the same ratio.
Man is 74 inches tall, shadow is 4 feet.
Totem Pole is X inches tall, shadow is 6 feet (1.5 times as long)
74 inches x 1.5 = 111 inches, the height of the totem pole (9' 3" tall).
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