document.write( "Question 139535: Maria is standing beside a 15-foot flagpole. She is 4.5 feet tall and casts a 7.5-foot shadow. What is the length of the flagpole's shadow? \n" ); document.write( "
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let a \"15-foot\" flagpole be \"f\"
\n" ); document.write( "Maria is \"h=4.5+feet\" tall and casts a \"s=7.5-foot\" shadow
\n" ); document.write( "the length of the flagpole's shadow \"x\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"f%3Ax+=+s%3Ah\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"15%2Fx+=+7.5%2F4.5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"15%2A4.5=+x%2A7.5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"15%2A4.5%2F7.5+=x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=67.5%2F7.5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28x+=+9%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "check:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"15%2F9=+7.5%2F4.5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"1.6666666666666666666666666666667=+1.6666666666666666666666666666667\"
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