SOLUTION: The total height of a building and the flagpole on the roff is 240 feet. The building is 9 times as high as the flagpole. How high is the flagpole? 24 ft 192 ft 216 ft 264 ft

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Question 1001870: The total height of a building and the flagpole on the roff is 240 feet. The building is 9 times as high as the flagpole. How high is the flagpole?
24 ft
192 ft
216 ft
264 ft
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Let represent the measure of the flagpole, then must be the height of the building.



Solve for

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it