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A 50 foot flagpole casts a 20 feet

shadow! Find the shadow cast by a
nearby building
which is 400 feet
tall.​

User NickW
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7 votes

Answer:

160

Step-by-step explanation:

50×8= 400

20×8= 160

User Zuza
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Answer: 160 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Basic math

50/20=400/x

Multiply 50 by x and 400 by 20

50x=8000

Take the 50 away from the x by dividing on both sides.

You end up getting x=160

160 feet, final answer.

User James Khoury
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