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Gennadij [26K]
3 years ago
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A 3-foot-tall mailbox casts a shadow that is 1.8 feet long. At the same time, a nearby street lamp casts a shadow that is 12 fee

t long. How tall is the street lamp?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Natasha2012 [34]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

20 feet tall

Step-by-step explanation:

If these are at the same angle, which i'm assuming they are, the following would happen:

Put length of 1 item over its shadows length equal to 2nd items length over its shadow. Put x in the place you want to find (Lamp in this case)

(3/1.8)=(x/12)

Cross multiply

36=1.8x

Divide by 1.8 on both sides

20=x

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