1.   A guy wire is attached to the top of a telephone pole and goes to the ground 8 feet from the base. When Jim stands under the guy wire so that his head touches it, he is 3 feet from where the wire goes into the ground. If Jim is 6 feet tall, how tall is the telephone pole?
    A. 24 feet B. 12 feet
    C. 20 feet D. 16 feet
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  2.   A staff's shadow is 8 feet and a tree's shadow is 16 feet. If the staff is 9 feet tall, how tall is the tree?
    A. 18 ft B. 15 ft
    C. 9 ft D. 12 ft
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  3.   Assume the triangles are similar. What is the value of x?
   
    A. 5 B. 10
    C. 3.2 D. 20
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  4.   A lakefront building that is 30 feet high casts a shadow on the water. How long is that shadow if a 16-foot high truck parked nearby casts an 8-foot shadow?
    A. 15 ft B. 13 ft
    C. 12 ft D. 9 ft
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  5.   An office building casts a shadow that is 15 feet long. A nearby tree casts a shadow that is 2.5 feet long. If the tree is 5 feet tall, how tall is the office building?
    A. 25 feet B. 17.5 feet
    C. 7.5 feet D. 30 feet
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