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A 5-foot tall women is standing near a flag pole which casts a shadow of 21 feet on level ground. if the women's shadow is 3 feet long, how tall is the flag pole? (enter numerical value only)

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The flagpole is 34.86 feet tall
User Jmzagorski
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35 because if the womans shadow is 3 feet and the poles shadow is 21 then we do 3x7 which is 21 and as we know the woman is 5 feet tall so 5x7 is 35
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