SOLUTION: An eight meter tall tree casts a 5m shadow. At the same time of day, a flag pole casts a 47m long shadow. Draw a diagram to represent this scenario then solve to determine the heig

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Question 1151548: An eight meter tall tree casts a 5m shadow. At the same time of day, a flag pole casts a 47m long shadow. Draw a diagram to represent this scenario then solve to determine the height of the flag pole.
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An 8m tall tree casts a 5m shadow. At the same time of day, a flag pole casts a 47m+long shadow.
Draw a diagram to represent this scenario then solve to determine the height of the flag pole.


height of the tree: h=8m
shadow of the [tree: s=5m
height of the flag pole: h%5B1%5D=x
shadow of the flag pole: s%5B1%5D=47m

x%2F8m=47m%2F5m
x%2A5m=8m%2A47m
x=%288m%2A47m%29%2F5m
x=%288m%2A47%29%2F5
x=75.2m