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A 6​-ft vertical post casts a 16​-in shadow at the same time a nearby cell phone tower casts a 118​-ft shadow. How tall is the cell phone​ tower? The cell phone​ tower's he…

A 6​-ft vertical post casts a 16​-in shadow at the same time a nearby cell phone tower casts a 118​-ft shadow. How tall is the cell phone​ tower? The cell phone​ tower's he…
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A 6​-ft vertical post casts a 16​-in shadow at the same time a nearby cell phone tower casts a 118​-ft shadow. How tall is the cell phone​ tower?

The cell phone​ tower's height is
how many ft.

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User Saladi
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I think the answer would be 44.25 ft. because if you ses up a proportion between the 2, it would be 6/16 to x/188. I divided 116 by 16 and multiplied my answer by 6
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