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A 6-foot person standing 15 feet from a streetlight casts a 15-foot shadow. Two similar triangles are formed. One triangle is formed by the person and the shadow that the person casts. A second triangle is formed by the streetlight and the ground from the base of the streetlight to the end of the shadow. 

The street light is___ times taller than the person.

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X/6=30/15 X =12 12/6=2times taller than the person
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