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A floodlight at ground level 6 feet from a bush 4 feet tall cast a shadow of the bush on a building tha is 24 feet from t
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A floodlight at ground level 6 feet from a bush 4 feet tall cast a shadow of the bush on a building tha is 24 feet from the bush. What is the height of the shadow
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A floodlight at ground level 6 feet from a bush 4 feet tall cast a shadow of the bush on a building tha is 24 feet from the bush. What is the height of the shadow
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Draw the picture. Notice you have two overlapping right triangles.
These triangles are similar.
Proportion:
height of shadow/height of bush = long base/short base
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h/4 = 30/6
h = 20 ft high
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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