ANSWER
[tex]162ft[/tex]EXPLANATION
Let us make a sketch of the problem:
Let the height of the building be H.
The triangles formed by the shadows of the building and the pole are similar triangles.
In similar triangles, the ratios of the corresponding sides of the triangles are equivalent.
This implies that the ratio of the length of the shadow of the pole to the pole's height is equal to the ratio of the length of the shadow of the building to the building's height.
Hence:
[tex]\frac{6.5}{9}=\frac{117}{H}[/tex]Solve for H by cross-multiplying:
[tex]\begin{gathered} H=\frac{117\cdot9}{6.5} \\ H=162ft \end{gathered}[/tex]That is the height of the building.