Answer:
The pizza heats up an average of 7.50 degrees per minute
Step-by-step explanation:
The table shown
Time (minutes) Temperature (degrees Celsius)
1 2.52
7 47.547
13 92.592
Since the pizza was heated at a constant rate, we can model the experiment as a line, where the slope represents how fast the pizza was heated
Slope
m = (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1)
Let
(x1,y1) = (7, 47.547)
(x2,y2) = (13, 92.592)
m = (92.592 - 47.547)/(13-7)
m = 7.5075
The pizza heats up an average of 7.50 degrees per minute
According to the rule of similar polygons the ratio of corresponding sides of two polygons will be the same. So in this case the ratio of original length and shadow of a stick and ratio of length of flagpole and its shadow will be the same.
Length of Stick = 5 feet
Shadow of Stick = 8 feet
Shadow of flagpole = 32 feet
Length of flagpole = x = ?
Using rule of similar polygon we can write,

Therefore, the length of flagpole will be 20 feet.
In order to get 5%, multiply 62 by .05 and boom you're golden, also it comes out to 3.1