document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1152309>Question 1152309</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A 6-foot man, standing in front of a 15-foot lamppost, casts a shadow of 8 feet.  If he steps another 3 feet away from the lamppost, how much will his shadow lengthen?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The man and his shadow are 6 and 8 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The lamp and the total shadow of the lamp is 15 and x feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is a proportion, and the shadow of the lamp is 20 feet, and the distance the man is from the lamp is 20 feet - his shadow or 12 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When the man steps further away, he is still 6 feet and the lamp still is 15 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The man's shadow is x feet long and he is 15 feet from the lamp.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The lamp's shadow is therefore x+15 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so the proportion is 6/15=x/(x+15)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is 6x+90=15x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x=90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10 feet, man's shadow. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "It lengthened 2 feet. </SPAN>\n" );
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