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maw [93]
1 year ago
15

A street lamp casts a shadow 31.5 feet long, while an 8 foot-tall street sign casts a shadow of 14 feet long. What is the length

and height of the lamp?
Mathematics
1 answer:
sergeinik [125]1 year ago
4 0

Answer:

The answer to your question is the height of the lamp is 18.2 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

Data

Street lamp shadow = 31.5 ft

Street sign height = 8 ft

Street sign shadow = 14 ft

Street lamp height = x

Process

1.- To find the height of the lamp use proportions. In this kind of problem, we do not look for the length, but the shadow.

Street lamp height/street lamp shadow = street sign height/street sign

                                                                                                         shadow

Substitution

                                             x / 31.5 = 8 / 14

Solve for x

                                            x = (31.5)(8) / 14

Simplification

                                            x = 254.4 / 14

Result

                                            x = 18.2 ft              

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