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A person who is 5 feet tall casts a 6-foot-long shadow. A nearby flagpole casts a 30-foot-long shadow. What is the height of the flagpole

A person who is 5 feet tall casts a 6-foot-long shadow. A nearby flagpole casts a 30-foot-long shadow. What is the height of the flagpole
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A person who is 5 feet tall casts a 6-foot-long shadow. A nearby flagpole casts a 30-foot-long shadow. What is the height of the flagpole

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The height of the object is 5/6 the length of its shadow.
The flagpole is 25 ft high.
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