SOLUTION: A woman, 1.62 m tall, standing 3m from a street light casts a 2m long shadow. What is the height of the street light?

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Question 1109944: A woman, 1.62 m tall, standing 3m from a street light casts a 2m long shadow. What is the height of the street light?
Answer by jorel1380(3719)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you draw a triangle from the top of the street light to the end of the woman's shadow, you get the relative heights of the woman and the street light. Let n be the heigh of the street light. Then:
1.62/2=n/5
2n=8.1
n=4.05m as the height of the street light
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