A 6-foot person standing 15 feet from a streetlight casts a 10-foot shadow. Two similar triangles are formed. One triangle is formed by the person and the shadow that the person casts. A second triangle is formed by the streetlight and the ground from the base of the streetlight to the end of the shadow.
The street light is __ times taller than the person.
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the ratio of heights is the same as the ratio of ground distances, namely 25/10
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