Question

A flagpole casts a shadow of 30 ft. A boy standing next to the flagpole casts a shaow of 9ft. What is the height of the flagpole is the boy is 6ft tall?

Answer 1

20 ft because the shadow would be 3/2 of the height. 9 is 3/2 of 6 so the height would be 20 bc 30 is 3/2 of 20