A flagpole is 12 feet tall. It breaks, folding over in half, such that what was the tip of the flagpole is now dangling two feet above the ground. How far from the base, in feet, did the flagpole break?
How many feet from the top did the break occur? ** The break occurred (12-2)/2=5 feet from the top.
How far from the base, in feet, did the flagpole break? ** Then it was 12-5=<<12-5=7>>7 feet from the base.
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