Michele wanted to measure the height of her school's flagpole. She placed a mirror on the ground 48 feet from the flagpole, then walked backwards until she was able to see the top of the pole in the mirror. Her eye were 5 feet above the ground and she was 12 feet from mirror. Using similar triangles, find the height of the flagpole to the nearest tenth of a foot .

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anonymous · Answer

Wait is it 40 ft ?

anonymous · Answer

Just need to check because someone said it was wrong :(