Homework Help: GEOMETRY

Posted by HONEY on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 10:53am.

If a building casts a 20 ft shadow and a flagpole casts a 7 ft shadow and the flagpole is 12 ft tall, how high is the building?

GEOMETRY - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 11:25am
One way to solve this is with a proportion. Cross multiply and solve for x.

x/20 = 12/7
GEOMETRY - Anonymous, Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 8:12am
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