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Question

A flagpole casts a shadow 27 ft. long. A person standing nearby nearly casts a shadow 8 ft long. If the person is 6 ft tall how tall is the flagpole.

Answer 1

27 8
-- = ----
x 6

cross multiply...

162=8x

x= 20.25

the flagpole is 20.25 feet tall

Answer 2

Not positive but I got 20.25 ft by doing the following

(To have a visual, if you need one...otherwise skip to step 5):
1.Draw a flagpole. Label its height as x (unknown)
2.Draw its shadow. Label its length as 27
3.Draw a person. Label its height as 6
4.Draw its shadow. Label its length as 8
5.Now, make a fraction comparing the flagpole and the person. Height of flagpole over length of flagpole shadow = height of person over length of person's shadow.

x = 6
-- --
27 8

(that's, x over 27 = 6 over 8)

Now, just cross mutliply 27*6 to get 162 and divide 162 by 8 to get x=20.25

Answer 3

It is 20.25 ft. tall because 6/8 = x/27 and if you cross multiply you get 6*27 = 8x, which is 162 = 8x, then you divide by 8 and you get x = 20.25ft.

Answer 4

6```````X
--- = ----
8```````27

6 times 27 = 162

162 divided by 8 = X

X = 20.25

(First person after me with 20.25 should get best annswer)

Answer 5

20.25 or around 20

i'm a dumb a** so i'm prolly wrong

i divided 8 by 6
and then divided 27 by the answer.

Answer 6

20.25 feet. Use a porportion.

Answer 7

That was on a test of mine and I would like to know how to measure that. So if anyone is answering this, Please explain how to do so.

Answer 8

why is this in the music category?

Answer 9

29ft?i dunno imm not in school right now and im not the smartest person in the world email me the right answer please.....xxoxoxox

Answer 10

25 I THINK ^_^