. Betty wants to measure the height of a flagpole. She puts up a vertical post 8 ft tall and moves back in line with the flagpole and the post until her line of sight hits the tops of both post and pole (see the following figure). If the known distances are as shown in the figure, what is the height of the flagpole? 4 ft 8 ft + 32 ft h ft 116 ft-
. Betty wants to measure the height of a flagpole. She puts up a vertical post 8 ft tall and moves back in line with the flagpole and the post until her line of sight hits the tops of both post and pole (see the following figure). If the known distances are as shown in the figure, what is the height of the flagpole? 4 ft 8 ft + 32 ft h ft 116 ft-
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Transcribed Image Text:8. Betty wants to measure the height of a flagpole. She
puts up a vertical post 8 ft tall and moves back in line
with the flagpole and the post until her line of sight
hits the tops of both post and pole (see the following
figure). If the known distances are as shown in the
figure, what is the height of the flagpole?
4 ft
32 ft
8 ft
-116 ft
h ft
m
SU
sh
42.
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