Answer:
The answer to your question is the height of the lamp is 18.2 ft
Step-by-step explanation:
Data
Street lamp shadow = 31.5 ft
Street sign height = 8 ft
Street sign shadow = 14 ft
Street lamp height = x
Process
1.- To find the height of the lamp use proportions. In this kind of problem, we do not look for the length, but the shadow.
Street lamp height/street lamp shadow = street sign height/street sign
shadow
Substitution
x / 31.5 = 8 / 14
Solve for x
x = (31.5)(8) / 14
Simplification
x = 254.4 / 14
Result
x = 18.2 ft
