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Given the information in the drawing below,what is the height of the flagpole?

Given the information in the drawing below,what is the height of the flagpole?-example-1
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im thinking it would be something like 12 but im not sure

User Ganesh
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Set up a proportion to answer this question


(5 ft)/(10ft) = (6ft)/(x)

Solve for x by using cross multiplication

10 * 6 = 5 * x
60 = 5 x

x = 12 ft
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