Michele wanted to measure the height of her school’s flagpole. She placed a mirror on the ground 48 feet from the flagpole, the

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Michele wanted to measure the height of her school’s flagpole. She placed a mirror on the ground 48 feet from the flagpole, the

n walked backward until she was able to see the top of the pole in the mirror. Her eyes were 5 feet above the ground, and she was 12 feet from the mirror. Using similar triangles, find the height of the flagpole to the nearest tenth of a foot.

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andreyandreev [35.5K] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-21T17:42:45+03:00

andreyandreev [35.5K]3 years ago

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<span>Let the height of the flagpost be h.
Then, h/48 = 5/12 h = 20 feet.</span>