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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Roger is 5 feet tall and casts a shadow 3.5 feet long. At the same time, the flagpole outside his school casts a shadow 14 feet long. Write and solve a proportion to find the height of the flagpole.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the ratio of height to shadow is 5:3.5 therefore you can divide the 14 foot shadow by 3.5 and multiply it by 5 to get 20 feet or the height of the flag pole

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