A student wants to know how far above the ground the top of a leaning flagpole is. At high noon, when the sun is almost directly overhead, the shadow cast by the pole is 9ft long. The student holds a plumb bob with a string 2ft long up to the flagpole and determines that the point of the plumb bob touches the ground 10in. from the base of the flagpole. How far above the ground is the top of the pole?

the answer is 21%.

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d

step-by-step explanation:

the two points from this line are   (0,4)   & (2,-2)

we can call

now, lets find the slope (m):

now finding b (the y intercept). this is the point at the y-axis where the line cuts the axis. looking at the graph, it is y = 4. so the point is 4. hence b = 4

the slope-intercept form is given by  

putting the points, we have:

d is the correct answer.