SOLUTION: An eight meter tall tree casts a 5m shadow. At the same time of day, a flag pole casts a 47m long shadow. Draw a diagram to represent this scenario then solve to determine the heig

Question 1151548: An eight meter tall tree casts a 5m shadow. At the same time of day, a flag pole casts a 47m long shadow. Draw a diagram to represent this scenario then solve to determine the height of the flag pole.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An tall tree casts a shadow. At the same time of day, a flag pole casts a long shadow.
Draw a diagram to represent this scenario then solve to determine the height of the flag pole.

height of the tree:
shadow of the [tree:
height of the flag pole:
shadow of the flag pole:

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