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A woman who is 6ft tall is standing next to a flagpole. The shadow of the woman is 3.5ft and the shadow of the flagpole is 17.5ft. what is the is the height of the flagpole

User Susopeiz
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Answer:60.9ft

Step-by-step explanation: Because i checked google :)

User Aleksandar Savkov
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Answer:

30 feet tall

Explanation:

The woman is 6 feet tall and her shadow is 3.5 feet tall, as is the flagpole's shadow is 17.5 feet tall making the flagpole 30 feet tall.

Equation: 6/3.5 = 1.74 x 17.5 = 30

I hope this helps.

Good luck!

(I rounded the 1.74 to two places)

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