SOLUTION: Hi! I nned help with just this one problem. If you could help it wuold be greatly appreciated. The height of the flagpole is 3/4 the height of the school. The difference in their

Question 38967: Hi! I nned help with just this one problem. If you could help it wuold be greatly appreciated.
The height of the flagpole is 3/4 the height of the school. The difference in their height is 4.5m. What is the height of each?
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Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the height of the school.
Thus (3/4)x is the height of the flagpole.
Since their difference is 4.5, we have
x - (3/4)x = 4.5
(1/4)x = 4.5
x = 18 m
and
(3/4)x = 13.5 m
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