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A 6-foot person standing 20 feet from a streetlight casts a 5-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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Answer:

2 times taller

Step-by-step explanation:

[tex]\frac{6}{10} = \frac{x}{20}[/tex]

120=12x

x = 12ft

x=height of street light

the street light is 12 feet tall so the street light is 12 times taller than the person

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