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A street light is 21 feet high and casts a 40-foot shadow. At the same time, a cell-phone tower next to the street light casts a 57-foot shadow. Which proportion can be used to find the height, H, of the
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A street light is 21 feet high and casts a 40-foot shadow. At the same time, a cell-phone

tower next to the street light casts a 57-foot shadow. Which proportion can be used to find
the height, H, of the cell-phone tower?

User Roberto Bonvallet
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Answer:

21/H = 40/57

Explanation:

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