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Mathematics, 01.03.2021 21:20 jose477

A 6-foot person sA 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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