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a man is standing 30 feet away from a street light. He is casting a shadow that is 10 feet long and he is 4 feet tall. What is the height of the street light?
Plz help me
4 years ago

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oobleck
using similar triangles,
h/(30+10) = 4/10
now just solve for h
4 years ago

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