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By using shadows, Megan wants to find the height of a flagpole. At a certain time of day, her shadow is 3.5 feet long and the flagpole’s shadow is 14 feet long. Her height is 5.5 feet. How tall is the flagpole?

User Andy Friese
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Answer:

the pole is 22 feet long

Explanation:

Multiply the length of the flagpole's shadow by meagan's height, and then divide the resulting number by the length of her shadow.

For example, if you are 5 feet tall, your shadow is 8 feet long, and the tree's shadow is 100 feet long, the height of the tree is (100 x 5) / 8 = 62.5 feet.

I hope its right because I kind of took a good guess. If ur not sure with my answer then i suggest u dont put it unless u are.

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