If my yard stick casts a shadow of 20inches .holl tall is a flagpole that casts 25ft shadow
36/20 = x/25
Cross multiply and solve for x.
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Kristien -- I don't know how to do your question.
Ok I understand:)
To determine the height of the flagpole, we can use a proportion to compare the lengths of the shadows.
First, let's convert the 25ft shadow into inches. Since 1 foot is equal to 12 inches, we can multiply 25 by 12 to get the equivalent length in inches:
25 ft = 25 * 12 = 300 inches.
Now we have the lengths of both shadows: 20 inches and 300 inches.
We can set up a proportion based on the relationship between the flagpole's height and the length of its shadow:
(height of flagpole) / (length of flagpole's shadow) = (height of the yardstick) / (length of the yardstick's shadow).
Let's substitute the known values into the proportion:
(height of flagpole) / 300 = 1 / 20.
To solve for the height of the flagpole, we can cross-multiply and then divide:
(height of flagpole) = (1 / 20) * 300 = 15 inches.
Therefore, the flagpole's height is 15 inches.