Presley Shelton

Mathematics

8 November, 16:07

A 6 foot person 15 feet from a streetlight casts a 15 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

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