Question

An electric pole 13 ft high casts a shadow that is 6.5 ft long. What is the length of the

shadow of a 23-ft pole?

Answer 1

11.5 feet

Explanation:

We can set the porportions of pole height/shadow length equal

13/6.5=23/x

We can cross multiply, 13x=149.5 and divide to get x=11.5

Or we could have seen that the shadow is half the height of the pole.