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an wants to measure the height of a nearby tower He places a 9 ft pole in the shadow of the tower so that the

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an wants to measure the height of a nearby tower He places a 9 ft pole in the shadow of the tower so that the shadow of the pole is exactly covered by shadow of the tower The total length of the tower s shadow is 175 ft and the pole casts a shadow that is 5 75 ft long How tall is the tower Round your wer to the nearest foot The figure is not drawn to scale Shadow of pole Pole Shadow of tower Sun Tower 0 ft X S

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