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Find the height of the flagpole when the base is 12 meters, the height of a man is 1.5 meters, and the direction of the shadow is out 3 meters.

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

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Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

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Chapter10: Measurement, Area, And Volume

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