Susan wanted to measure the height of her school’s flagpole. She placed a mirror on the ground 72 feet from the flagpole, then walked backwards until she was able to see the top of the pole in the mirror. Her eyes were 5 feet above the ground and she was 12 feet from the mirror. Using similar triangles find the height of the flagpole to the nearest foot.

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h to 5 is equal to 72 to 12, solve for h