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A flagpole casts a shadow of 10ft long. A girl standing nnext to the flagpole casts a shadow 2.5 ft. long.If the girl is 5 ft. tall, how tall is the flagpole?
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A flagpole casts a shadow of 10ft long. A girl standing nnext to the flagpole casts a shadow 2.5 ft. long.If the girl is 5 ft. tall, how tall is the flagpole?

User Hussein Ojaghi
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the answer is 20 feet tall
User Rauno Palosaari
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since we know that they have to e similar, it is a 20ft tall flagpole. the shadow of the girl is half of her height, so since the flag pole shadow is 10ft it is simple 10 multiplied by 2
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