A woman wants to measure the height of a nearby building. She places a 6 ft pole in the shadow of the building so that the shadow of the pole is exactly covered by the shadow of the building. The total length of the building's shadow is 160 ft, and the pole casts a shadow that is 4.25 ft long. How tall is the building? Round your answer to the nearest foot. (The figure is not drawn to scale.) Building Pole Shadow of pole Undo Shadow of building
A woman wants to measure the height of a nearby building. She places a 6 ft pole in the shadow of the building so that the shadow of the pole is exactly covered by the shadow of the building. The total length of the building's shadow is 160 ft, and the pole casts a shadow that is 4.25 ft long. How tall is the building? Round your answer to the nearest foot. (The figure is not drawn to scale.) Building Pole Shadow of pole Undo Shadow of building
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![A woman wants to measure the height of a nearby building. She places a 6 ft pole in the shadow of the building so that the shadow of the pole is exactly
covered by the shadow of the building. The total length of the building's shadow is 160 ft, and the pole casts a shadow that is 4.25 ft long. How tall is the
building? Round your answer to the nearest foot. (The figure is not drawn to scale.)
Building
Pole
Shadow of pole
Undo
Shadow of building](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F502d0e47-5e28-4152-9f3d-16a57d4f1075%2Fd88a5bfb-5dd9-4d56-a026-708d36e8b1c1%2Flogtfwt_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A woman wants to measure the height of a nearby building. She places a 6 ft pole in the shadow of the building so that the shadow of the pole is exactly
covered by the shadow of the building. The total length of the building's shadow is 160 ft, and the pole casts a shadow that is 4.25 ft long. How tall is the
building? Round your answer to the nearest foot. (The figure is not drawn to scale.)
Building
Pole
Shadow of pole
Undo
Shadow of building
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