Question

a 24 foot tall streetlight casts a shadow that is 18 feet long. how long of a shadow is cast by a nearby parking meter post that is 4 feet high?

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Answer:

3 ft

Explanation:

The post is 4/24 = 1/6 as tall as the streetlight, so we expect its shadow to be 1/6 as long as that of the streetlight:

(1/6)(18 ft) = 3 ft

The parking meter post shadow is 3 feet long.