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1-201.
Shehazana, who is five and a half feet tall, is walking toward a 20-foot streetlight. Solve for the length of her shadow, x, in terms of the distance, d, she is from the pole. Visualize this situation using the 1-201 HW eTool (Desmos). Homework Help ✎
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Do you see the similar right triangles in this diagram? Recall that similar triangles have proportional sides. Set up a proportion and solve for x.