document.write( "Question 879043: `A sign standing 4.8 feet tall is situated 19 feet away from a flagpole. At a certain time of day, the sign’s shadow is 6 feet long and the flagpole’s shadow is 25 feet long. How tall is the flagpole?
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document.write( "The student needs to know how tall the flagpole is, so he decides to use
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document.write( "his height and shadows cast by the sun, as shown in the picture. Both shadows end
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Algebra.Com's Answer #530469 by rfer(16322)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 4.8/6=x/25 \n" ); document.write( "6x=120 \n" ); document.write( "x=120/6 \n" ); document.write( "x=20ft \n" ); document.write( " |