A flagpole casts a shadow 200 feet long. At the same time, a boy 6 feet tall casts a shadow 24 feet. What is the height is the flagpole?

Question

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Answer 1

Draw a figure.

Use similar triangles to set up x/6=200/24.

You do the arithmetic.

Answer 2

flagpole height boy height

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flagpole shadow boy shadow

we know three of the four values in the above proportion. Fill in and solve for flagpole height.