Question

Your friend George is 6 feet tall and his shadow is 10 feet long. At the same time, the shadow of the flagpole was 85 feet long. What is the height of a flagpole?
1.4 feet

60 feet

51 feet

141.6 feet

Answer 1

Answer:

51 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x -----> the height of a flagpole

we know that

Using proportion

$\frac{6}{10}=\frac{x}{85} \\\\x=6*85/10\\\\x=51\ ft$