A 4-ft vertical post casts a 12-in shadow at the same time a nearby cell phone tower casts a 126-ft shadow. How tall is the c

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ell phone tower?

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Leno4ka [110] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-22T16:12:46+03:00

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4 feet / 12 inches = 4 feet / 1 foot = 4/1 = 4,
and if h is the height of the cell tower, 
h/126 feet = 4 
h = 4 * 126 feet = 504 feet.

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