document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1065981>Question 1065981</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A person standing 40 ft away from a street light that is 25 ft tall. How tall is he if his shadow is 10 ft long?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "---------------40-------------10--<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The person's height is x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the shadow is 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The street light is 25; its shadow is 50.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "These are similar triangles, the person, shadow being one, the light and its shadow being the other.  We aren't worried about the hypotenuses.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The person is half the length of the shadow or 5 feet tall.<BR>\n" );
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