document.write( "Question 1179787: To find the height of a flagpole, Ana places a mirror on the ground 12 meter from the base of
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document.write( "For similar triangles, write a proportion saying that their corresponding sides are proportional\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the proportion, find the unknown value of  x = .\r\n" );
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