SOLUTION: please help me with this problem. The total height of a building and the flagpole on the roof is 230 feet. The building is 9 times as high as the flagpole. How high is the fl

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Question 180828: please help me with this problem.
The total height of a building and the flagpole on the roof is 230 feet. The building is 9 times as high as the flagpole. How high is the flagpole?

Answer by Mathtut(3670)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the height of the flagpole be x
:
9x+x=230
:
10x=230
:
ft-height of flagpole

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