SOLUTION: `A sign standing 4.8 feet tall is situated 19 feet away from a flagpole. At a certain time of day, the sign’s shadow is 6 feet long and the flagpole’s shadow is 25 feet long. How t
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Question 879043: `A sign standing 4.8 feet tall is situated 19 feet away from a flagpole. At a certain time of day, the sign’s shadow is 6 feet long and the flagpole’s shadow is 25 feet long. How tall is the flagpole?
http://i.imgur.com/fUxCKuo.png
The student needs to know how tall the flagpole is, so he decides to use
his height and shadows cast by the sun, as shown in the picture. Both shadows end
where the green and yellow lines intersect. What is the height of the
flagpole?
http://i.imgur.com/xSCKe7G.png''.
I need explanations, and all work it took to get the the answer please and thank you. Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source):
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