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Carla looks from a height of 15 yards at the top of her apartment building. She lines up the top of a flagpole with the curb of a street 20 yards away. If the flagpole is 12 yards from the apartment building, how tall is the flagpole?

Carla looks from a height of 15 yards at the top of her apartment building. She lines up the top of a flagpole with the curb of a street 20 yards away. If the flagpole is 12 yards from the apartment building, how tall is the flagpole?

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Carla looks from a height of 15 yards at the top of her apartment building. She lines up the top of a flagpole with the curb of a street 20 yards away. If the
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