SOLUTION: Help me please! The total height of a building and the flagpole on the roof is 230 feet. The building is 9 times as high as the flagpole. How high is the flagpole?
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Question 319431: Help me please! The total height of a building and the flagpole on the roof is 230 feet. The building is 9 times as high as the flagpole. How high is the flagpole? Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The total height of a building and the flagpole on the roof is 230 feet. The building is 9 times as high as the flagpole. How high is the flagpole?
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Let f = height of flagpole
then
9f = height of building
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From: "The total height of a building and the flagpole on the roof is 230 feet." we get
9f + f = 230
10f = 230
f = 23 feet
