Homework Help: math

Posted by joe on Monday, September 3, 2012 at 1:59pm.

a man who is 5 feet tall stands 15 feet from a lamppost that is 27 feet high. how far away from the man is the tip of his shadow?

math - joe, Monday, September 3, 2012 at 2:11pm
sorry i forgot to say that i dont need the answer... i need an equation or expression that models this situation.
math - Steve, Monday, September 3, 2012 at 2:16pm
s/(15+s) = 5/27

or

(15+s)/27 = s/5

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