A man is standing on the 8 m long shadow of a 6 m long pole. If the length of his shadow is 2.4 m, what is the height of the man ?

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Q: 140 (IAS/1999)
A man is standing on the 8 m long shadow of a 6 m long pole. If the length of his shadow is
2.4 m, what is the height of the man ?

question_subject: 

Maths

question_exam: 

IAS

stats: 

0,5,6,1,4,5,1

keywords: 

{'long pole': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'long shadow': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'height': [0, 0, 1, 2], 'shadow': [2, 1, 0, 1], 'length': [0, 0, 1, 0]}