document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1156794>Question 1156794</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hiroshi is 1.6 meters tall <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and casts a shadow 0.53 meter in <BR>\n" );
document.write( "length. How tall is a flagpole if it casts <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a shadow 2.65 meters in length?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #779569 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathLover1><B>MathLover1(20850)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathLover1><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=MathLover1><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=779569\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hiroshi is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > meters tall and casts a shadow <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.53 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.53\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > meter in length. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How tall is a flagpole if it casts a shadow <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2.65 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2.65\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > meters in length?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in both cases we have right triangles which are similar, so the coresponding sides are proportional\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=h ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"h\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is a height of a flagpole, we have\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.6%2F0.53=h%2F2.65 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.6%2F0.53=h%2F2.65\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.....both sides multiply by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2.65 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2.65\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281.6%2F0.53%292.65=h ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281.6%2F0.53%292.65=h\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=h=8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"h=8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a flagpole is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > tall\r<BR>\n" );
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