A 7-foot tall stop sign creates a shadow that is 2 feet long. At the same time, a utility pole creates a shadow that is 9.6 feet long. How tall, in feet, is the utility pole?
7.6 feet
We can solve this with a proportion....let H be the height of the pole......and we have
7/ 2 = H / 9.6 multiply both sides by 9.6
[9.6 * 7] / 2 = H = 4.8 * 7 = 33.6 ft
