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The distance from the edge of a shadow to the top of a lamb post is 25 feet the lamp post is 24 feet tall, how long is the shadow the lamp post cast?

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25*25= 625
24*24= 576
625-576= 49
Square root of 49 is 7, therefore the length of the lamp post shadow is 7 feet.
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