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Rich is 1.5 meters tall and cast a 0.75 meter shadow. At the same time a nearby flagpole cast a 3 meter shadow. How tall is the flagpole?
11 years ago

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Ms. Sue
1.5/0.75 = x/3

0.75x = 4.5

x = 6 meters

11 years ago

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