SOLUTION: The total height of a builing and the flagpole on the roof is 290feet. The building is 9 times as high as the flagpole. How high is the flagpole?

Question 103838: The total height of a builing and the flagpole on the roof is 290feet. The building is 9 times as high as the flagpole. How high is the flagpole?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let the total height of a building and the flagpole on the roof be , the height of building , and the height of flagpole .
given:

The building is times as high as the flagpole.
then

since

now check:

and, so

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