document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=322186>Question 322186</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A student who is 4 feet tall estimates the height of a lamppost.  The student stands 30 feet from the bast of the lamppost and measures her shadow from the light as 6 feet long.  Approximately how high is the lamppost? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the height of the lamp be y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Her height is 4. Since she is 30 feet from the lamp and her shadow is 6 feet long, then the tip of her shadow is 36 feet from the post.\r<BR>\n" );
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