Practice · Similarity of Polygons — L2 Scale, indirect measurement, and nested right triangles

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A person 1.6 m tall casts a shadow 2 m long. At the same moment, a flagpole casts a shadow 15 m long. How tall is the flagpole?

Fractions like 1 1/2, 9/6 and 3/2 are all accepted where they're equal.

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