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A lamppost is 6 feet high and casts and 8 foot shadow. At the same time of day, a flagpole near the lamppost cast a 20 foot shadow. Using the properties of similar triangles, find the height, H, of the flagpole

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macintoshical101

Answer:

15 ft.

Step-by-step explanation:

I will assume that either both objects are standing straight. We can use similar triangles.

We can see that the side 8 is similar to the side 20, since they are both shadows. Therefore, we can set up an equation:

[tex]\frac{6}{8} =\frac{x}{20}[/tex]

we can cross multiply and get:

8x=120

solve for x:

x=15

Therefore, the lamppost must be 15 feet tall (unless it fell down but we won't talk about that)

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