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One of your classmates drew the not-quite-to-scale problem at the left. With a height of 1.52 m and shadow of 2 m and corresponding 10 m lamp shadow, what is the height of the lamp?
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One of your classmates drew the not-quite-to-scale problem at the left. With a height of 1.52 m and shadow of 2 m and corresponding 10 m lamp shadow, what is the height of the lamp?

One of your classmates drew the not-quite-to-scale problem at the left. With a height-example-1
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Applying proportion

1.52/2=h/10

solve for h

h=(1.52/2)*10

h=7.6 m

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