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A 40ft tall monument casts a shadow that just reaches the base of a 4ft tall parking meter. If the parking meter's shadow is 6.5ft long, how far apart are the monument and the meter?

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you have similar triangles, so use simple ratios

x/40 = 6.5/4
x = 40(6.5)/4 = 65

they are 65 m apart.

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