SOLUTION: flagpole A is 6 3/5 m high.Flagpole B is 3/4 the height of flagpole C, which is 1/4 higher than flagpole A. What is the height of flagpole B?

Question 1194688: flagpole A is 6 3/5 m high.Flagpole B is 3/4 the height of flagpole C, which is 1/4 higher than flagpole A. What is the height of flagpole B?
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, greenestamps:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
flagpole A is m high.
Flagpole B is the height of flagpole C, which is higher than flagpole A.
What is the height of flagpole B?
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Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The other tutor interpreted C being 1/4 higher than A to mean 1/4 METER higher.

Since units of meters are given for the height of A, the statement that C is "1/4 higher than A" (without units) seems to imply that the height of C is 5/4 the height of A (the height of A, plus 1/4 the height of A).

With that interpretation, we have....

A: 6 3/5 m, or 33/5 m
C: (5/4) of A: (5/4)(33/5) = 33/4 m
B: (3/4) of C: (3/4)(33/4) = 99/16 m

ANSWER: the height of flagpole B is 99/16 m, or 6 3/16 m

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SOLUTION: flagpole A is 6 3/5 m high.Flagpole B is 3/4 the height of flagpole C, which is 1/4 higher than flagpole A. What is the height of flagpole B?​

SOLUTION: flagpole A is 6 3/5 m high.Flagpole B is 3/4 the height of flagpole C, which is 1/4 higher than flagpole A. What is the height of flagpole B?