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Michelle wants to determine the height of the 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 120 centimeters and the flag pole has a shadow of 28.8 meters, then how tall is the flag pole?

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User Helmy
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Explanation:

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User Quinmars
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(100)/(120) = (x)/(28.8) x = 24 m
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