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A person 6 ft. tall is standing near a street light so that he is 4/10 of the distance form the pole to the tip of his shadows How high above the ground is the light bulb?
If the distance from the pole to the tip of the shadow is x, then the height h of the pole can be found using
h/x = 6/.6x
h = 10 ft

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