Question

Carla looks from a height of 1515 yards at the top of her apartment building. She lines up the top of a flagpole with the curb of a street 2020 yards away. If the flagpole is 1212 yards from the apartment building, how tall is the flagpole?

Answer 1

Answer: 4545 yards

Explanation:

We can use similar triangles to solve this problem. Let's represent the height of the flagpole with the variable "x".

Using the triangle formed by Carla's line of sight, the height of the apartment building, and the top of the flagpole, we can set up the following proportion:

x / (x + 1515) = 15 / 20

Simplifying this proportion, we get:

4x = 3(x + 1515)

4x = 3x + 4545

x = 4545

Therefore, the height of the flagpole is 4545 yards.