At a certain time of day a vertical pole casts a shadow 15 m long on level ground

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Problem

At a certain time of day a vertical pole casts a shadow 15 m long on level ground. At the same instant a 1.2 m tall stick standing vertically at the same ground level casts a 2 m long shadow. (a) Explain why the triangles formed by the pole and its shadow and by the stick and its shadow are similar. (b) Determine the height of the pole.

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