Homework Help: business math

Posted by meme on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 4:55pm.

a 4 foot post that is 8 feet from a flag pole is casting a shadow whose length is 5 feet? write a proportion that can be used to approximate the height H, of the flag pole in feet. solve the proportion to determine the approximate value of H,in feet?

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