A 20 foot flagpole casts a shadow on a flat concrete patio. The distance from the top of the pole to the tip of the shadow is 50 feet. What is the distance along the ground from the base of the pole to the tip of the shadow (nearest tenth)?

Flagpole height is 50 ft.

Explanation:

This is a ratio problem

option (a)

step-by-step explanation:

step 1:   take 2 number whose product equal to 25..

and sum of those two number are -10

step: 2 for example here if we take 5,5 are the number,,

5*5=25

and

5+5=10

but we need -10

so if we take   -5,-5

so -5*-5=25

and -5+(-5)=-10

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come the equation

replace -10x by these number

like -5x -5x+25

take common

x(x-5)-5(x-5)=0

(x-5)(x-5)=0