Shalonda notices that when she stands next to the flagpole, she casts a shadow that is 8 feet long and that the flagpole casts a shadow that is 28 feet long. Little Shalonda is 4 feet tall. How tall, to the nearest foot, is the flagpole?

Cross multiply and solve for x.

4/8 = x/28

im still not sure on how to do this

draw a diagram.

If the pole's shadow is twice as long as the Shalonda's, then it is twice as tall as she is.

In fact, its shadow is 28/8 times as long as the hers, so its height is 28/8 as big as hers.

So, that makes the pole's height 28/8 * 4 = 14 feet.

Ms Sue's equation reflects the fact that the ratio of the height to the shadow is the same for the girl and the pole.

I really don't know its hard may you help me

To determine the height of the flagpole, we can set up a proportion using the shadow lengths.

Let's assign variables:
Let "h" represent the height of the flagpole in feet.

We know that when Shalonda, who is 4 feet tall, stands next to the flagpole, her shadow is 8 feet long. So we have the proportion:

(height of Shalonda) / (length of Shalonda's shadow) = (height of flagpole) / (length of flagpole's shadow)

Plugging in the values:
4 feet / 8 feet = h / 28 feet

To solve for "h," we can cross multiply:
4 * 28 = 8 * h

Simplifying:
112 = 8h

Divide both sides of the equation by 8:
h = 112 / 8

Calculating:
h = 14 feet

Therefore, the flagpole is approximately 14 feet tall.