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[size=150]A flagpole casts a shadow 200 feet long. At the same time, a boy 6 feet tall casts a shadow 24 feet. What is the height of the flagpole?[/size]
 Mar 27, 2014
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We could use some fancy math here, but let's not.

Since a boy 6 feet tall casts a shadow 4 times his height (24 ft.), the flagpole must do the same.

Then the flagpole's shadow must be 4 times its height.

Then dividing 200 by 4, the height of the flagpole must be 50 ft.

And that it. No fuss, no muss.
 Mar 27, 2014
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thank you so so much
 Mar 27, 2014

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