The sun causes a flagpole to cast a shadow that measures 85 ft. from the base of the pole. At the same time of the day, a 6.5 ft. tall basketball player casts a shadow that measures 9.75 ft. Set up a proportion to solve for the height of the flagpole in this problem
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f / 85 = 6.5 / 9.75
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