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A flagpole casts a shadow 27 feet long. At the same time of day, a person standing nearby casts a shadow of 8 feet long. If the person is 6 feet tall, how tall is the flagpole?

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geometry, not geography.
Draw a diagram. It should be clear that the height h can be found via

h/27 = 6/8

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