14-04-2015
Mathematics

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A flagpole casts a shadow 27 feet long . A person standing nearby nearly casts a shadow 8 feet long . If the person is 6 feet tall , how tall is the flagpole

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14-04-2015

x/27=6/8
x/27=3/4
now we cross multiply
4x=27(3)
4x=81
x=20.25

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