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tresset_1 [31]
4 years ago
14

The length of the shadow of a flagpole was found to be 72 feet. the shadow of a 3 foot picket fence in line with the flagpole wa

s 4 feet. what is the height of the flagpole?
Mathematics
1 answer:
mariarad [96]4 years ago
6 0

We can solve this problem by simply using ratio and proportion. Let us call the height of the flagpole to be X. Therefore the ratio and proportion would be:

3 ft is to 4 ft and X ft is to 72 ft

3 / 4 = X / 72

X = (3 / 4) * 72

X = 54 ft

<span>The height of the flagpole is 54 ft.</span>

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