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stiks02 [169]
3 years ago
13

A person standing 20 feet from a streetlight casts a shadow as shown. How many times taller is the streetlight than the person?

Assume the triangles are similar.

Mathematics
1 answer:
alexandr402 [8]3 years ago
3 0
Attached solution and steps using proportions.

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