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OpenStudy (anonymous):

At 4 pm, a man who is 5 ft. 6 inches tall casts a shadow 5 ft long. At the same time, a flagpole's shadow is 14 ft 2 inches long. Given that triangles JGH and NLM are similar, what is the height of the flagpole? (

OpenStudy (campbell_st):

|dw:1342305093635:dw| \[\frac{x}{5'6"} = \frac{5'}{14'2"}\] solve for x

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