Imagine you are asked to find the height of a very tall stadium light pole that needs to be replaced at the local high school football field.  The problem is that the pole is so old that there is no record of its height.  Describe a way that you could figure out the height of the pole with out measuring it directly.  (You do not have access to a crane or a lift that will allow you to drop a measuring tape from the top.  You need to come up with a way to find the height of the pole without actually measuring the pole itself).

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Imagine you are asked to find the height of a very tall stadium light pole that needs to be replaced at the local high school football field.  The problem is that the pole is so old that there is no record of its height.  Describe a way that you could figure out the height of the pole with out measuring it directly.  (You do not have access to a crane or a lift that will allow you to drop a measuring tape from the top.  You need to come up with a way to find the height of the pole without actually measuring the pole itself).

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