document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=881442>Question 881442</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Wilson is 6 ft tall.  When Wilson stands 6 feet from a lamppost the shadow he casts is 4 feet long. How tall is the lamppost? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I've tried to get this into an equation, using the proportion method, but cannot get the correct answer - I'm so confused. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " When Wilson stands 6 feet from a lamppost the shadow he casts is 4 feet long.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How tall is the lamppost?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm confused too. It does not say anything about the lamp post shadow<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The man's relationship to his shadow is: 6:4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The relationship of the lamp post to it's shadow will be the same, however,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we don't know it's shadow, the fact the man is 6ft from the lamp post means nothing.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One thought, if the man is standing on the end of the lamp post shadow, the it's shadow is 6ft, then we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4L = 6*6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4L = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = 36/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = 9 ft is the height of the lamp post<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I jut read you comment and it occurred to me that perhaps the lamp shadow and the man's shadow coincided, so the lamp shadow was actually 6 + 4 = 10 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L/10 = 6/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4L = 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = 60/4 = 15'!! </SPAN>\n" );
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