Abuilding casts a shadow 48 feet long. at tge same time, a 40-foot-tall flagpole casts a shadow 9.6 feet long. what is the height for the building?

We solve this using proportion, so

shadow : height : : shadow : height

48 : x : : 9.6 : 40

48/x = 9.6/40

Taking reciprocal, we get

x/48 = 40/9.6

Multiply by 48 on both sides, we get

48 * x/48 = 48 * 40/9.6

x = 1920/9.6

x = 200 feet

Hence the height of the building is 200 feet.

Hope this helps!

no this is a nonlinear negative

step-by-step explanation:

you can add the two numbers and divide the result by 2. or you can find the gap between the two numbers and add half of this to the smaller number.