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document.write( "Hi, there--\r\n" );
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document.write( "Your Problem:\r\n" );
document.write( "The length of the shadow of a flagpole was found to be 72 feet. The shadow of a 3 ft picket fence in line \r\n" );
document.write( "with the flagpole was 4 feet. What's the height of the flagpole?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solution:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let's have x be the height of the flagpole.\r\n" );
document.write( "When the sun shines on an object, the height of the object is proportional to the length of its shadow. \r\n" );
document.write( "So we can say the ratio of the height of the flagpole to the length of its shadow is equal to the ratio of \r\n" );
document.write( "the height of the picket fence to the length of its shadow.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We write these ratios as equivalent fractions:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now solve for x. \r\n" );
document.write( "Let's rewrite 3/4 as an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 72. Multiply the numerator and denominator by 18.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore,\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since both fractions are equal to each other, x must equal 54. In the context of this problem, x=54 \r\n" );
document.write( "means the height of the flagpole is 54 feet.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps. Email if you have questions about this.\r\n" );
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