A flagpole casts a shadow of 16 feet at the same time that a 15-foot tree casts a shadow of 6 feet. What is the height of the flagpole?
A) 40 feet
B) 45 feet
C 90 feet
D 96 feet

Jonathan pays $1.90 per pound for potatoes. he buys 8.3 pounds of potatoes. he determines that he will pay $15.77, before tax, for the potatoes. which best describes the reasonableness of jonathan’s solution? jonathan’s answer is reasonable because there are two decimal places in the factors and two in the product. jonathan’s answer is unreasonable because there are three decimal places in the factors and two in the product. jonathan’s answer is reasonable because is 16, and 16 is close to 15.77. jonathan’s answer is unreasonable because is 8, and 8 is not very close to 15.77.

You are cycling around europe with friends. a cycling festival is starting soon in barcelona. it will take 4.5 hours to cycle there. how many minutes in total is this?

Adriana sold 50 shares of a company’s stock through a broker. the price per share on that day was $22.98. the broker charged her a 0.75% commission. what was adriana’s real return after deducting the broker’s commission? a. $8.62 b. $229.80 c. $1,140.38 d. $1,149.00