a flagpole cast a shadow 10 ft long. a girlstanding next to the flagpole cast a shadow 2.5 ft long. if the girl is 5 ft tall, ho

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tiny-mole [99]

3 years ago

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a flagpole cast a shadow 10 ft long. a girlstanding next to the flagpole cast a shadow 2.5 ft long. if the girl is 5 ft tall, ho

w tall is the flagpole?

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anygoal [31] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-06T14:57:38+03:00

anygoal [31]3 years ago

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So in order to do this we have to take 10 ft and 2.5 ft and multiply it. We can simplify this down to 4 and 1. We can remove the 1 and we are left with 4. Multiply the height of the girl by 4 and we get 20. Therefore the flagpole is 20 ft tall.