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16 December, 04:07

Michelle wants to determine the height of a flag pole outside of her school. She places a meter stick next to the flag pole and measures the shadow of the meter stick and the flag pole. If the meter stick has a shadow of 140 centimeters and the flag pole has a shadow of 35 meters, then how tall is the flag pole

A: 250 meters

B: 12.5 meters

C: 400 meters

D: 25 meters

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  1. 16 December, 04:14
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    Step-by-step explanation:

    The shadow of the meter stick is 40% greater than its actual length.

    height of the flag pole, h

    h x 1.4 = 35m

    h = 35/1.4

    = 25 meters
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