SOLUTION: A flagpole casts a 12-meter long shadow on level ground, and the same instant that a meterstick casts a shadow 80 centimeters long. How tall is the flagpole?

SOLUTION: A flagpole casts a 12-meter long shadow on level ground, and the same instant that a meterstick casts a shadow 80 centimeters long. How tall is the flagpole?

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Question 353791: A flagpole casts a 12-meter long shadow on level ground, and the same instant that a meterstick casts a shadow 80 centimeters long. How tall is the flagpole?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x m/12 m = 1 m/0.8 m
x= 12/0.8
x=15 m height of flagple
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