Two engineers are attempting to measure the height of a pole in the ground but as they extend their tape measure towards the sky it keeps collapsing. A mathemat

Two engineers are attempting to measure the height of a pole in the ground but as they extend their tape measure towards the sky it keeps collapsing. A mathematician walks by and asks what they are doing and they say they’re trying to figure out the height. The mathematician pulls the pole out of the ground and lays it down. He measures it and says “It’s 16 feet”. As he’s walking away one engineer shakes his head and says, “Mathematicians...you ask them for the height and they give you the length!”