A school has a new flag that must be flown at last 52 feet high The current flagpole is 14 m tall How many meters taller does the new flagpole need to be? Round to the nearest tenth (One meter is about 3 28 feet)
14+x >= 52*0.3048
To find the difference in height between the new flagpole and the current flagpole, we need to convert the given heights into meters and then calculate the difference.
First, let's convert the height of the current flagpole from feet to meters. We can use the conversion factor provided: 1 meter is about 3.28 feet.
Height of current flagpole in meters = 14 m + (14 ft / 3.28 ft/m)
Height of current flagpole in meters = 14 m + 4.27 m
Height of current flagpole in meters = 18.27 m
Now we can find the difference in height between the new flagpole and the current flagpole.
Difference in height = Height of new flagpole - Height of current flagpole
Difference in height = 52 m - 18.27 m
Difference in height = 33.73 m
Rounded to the nearest tenth, the new flagpole needs to be approximately 33.7 meters taller than the current flagpole.