Question

the light from a 20 ft street lamp casts a shadow infront of a 5 3/4 foot tall person who is standing 24 feet from the lamppost. How long is the persons shadow

Answer 1

Can you draw a picture including the measurements given?

Answer 2

@blahblah212121 ?????

Answer 3

@zzr0ck3r there are no pictures

Answer 4

right

Answer 5

do you know about similar triangles?

Answer 6

yes kinda

Answer 7

note that \(\frac{20}{24+?}=\frac{5\frac{3}{4}}{?}\iff \frac{20}{24+x}=\frac{5\frac{3}{4}}{x}\).

Can you solve for \(x\)

Answer 8

yes thank you
all i needed was the setup!