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document.write( "Proportion:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "item/shadow = item/shadow<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x/35 = 5/7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 35(5/7)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 5*5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 25 ft. (height of the flagpole)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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