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A flagpole sits on top of a 25 foot tall building. The building is exactly 3 times the height of the flagpole, h, minus 5 feet. Which value of h makes the equation 25 = 3h – 5 tr…

A flagpole sits on top of a 25 foot tall building. The building is exactly 3 times the height of the flagpole, h, minus 5 feet. Which value of h makes the equation 25 = 3h – 5 tr…
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A flagpole sits on top of a 25 foot tall building. The building is exactly 3 times the height of the flagpole, h, minus 5 feet. Which value of h makes the equation 25 = 3h – 5 true?

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Add 5 to both sides of the equation to get 30=3h. Then, divide by 3 to isolate the variable. Your answer will be h=10. Hope this helped! :D
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I got 6.66666 infinite, so 6.7
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