A 9 foot flagpole cast a shadow 6 feet long, and at the same time a nearby tree cast a shadow 14 feet long. What is x the hight

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Paraphin [41]

3 years ago

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A 9 foot flagpole cast a shadow 6 feet long, and at the same time a nearby tree cast a shadow 14 feet long. What is x the hight

of the tree.

Mathematics

2 answers:

frosja888 [35] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-25T08:23:23+03:00

frosja888 [35]3 years ago

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It is 17 ft long because for the flagpole the shadow was 3 feet shorter then the actual height of the flag pole, so for the tree the shadow is 14 ft so you would add 3 ft and that equals 17

Wittaler [7] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-25T06:00:32+03:00

Wittaler [7]3 years ago

6 0

I think it is 17, hope this can help someone