Solve each problem. See Example 5.
Height of a Lookout Tower A forest fire lookout tower casts a shadow 180 ft long at the same time that the shadow of a 9-ft truck is 15 ft long. Find the height of the tower.
(Reference Example 5)
Workers at the Morganza Spillway Station need to measure the height of the station flagpole. They find that at the instant when the shadow of the station is 18 m long, the shadow of the flagpole is 99 ft long. The station is 10 m high. Find the height of the flagpole.
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