A 6-foot person standing 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.
The street light is ___ times taller than the person.
since the base of the larger triangle is twice as big as that of the smaller one, the height is also twice as big.
its twice as tall
ITS TWICE AS TALL
Thank you steve
A 6-foot person standing 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.
I don't understand. How tall does the shadow cast?
A 6-foot person standing 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.
The street light is ___ times taller than the person.
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A rectangular shaped desk has a length of 30 inches and a width of 24 inches. A desk with a similar shape has a length of 48 inches. What is the width of this desk?