SOLUTION: Could you please help me with this problem? Lester measured the lenght of the street light's shadow to be 40 feet. Lester is 6 feet tall and his shadow'slength was measured to b

Question 315276: Could you please help me with this problem?
Lester measured the lenght of the street light's shadow to be 40 feet. Lester is 6 feet tall and his shadow'slength was measured to be 4 feet long at the same time of day. How tall is the street light post?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Similar triangles. If the street light's shadow is 10 times larger than Lester's then the height of the street light must be ____ times larger than Lester's height. (You fill in the blank)

John

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