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. 16 feet B. 24 feet
    C. 12 feet D. 20 feet
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  2.   Assume the triangles are similar. What is the value of x?
   
    A. 3.2 B. 10
    C. 20 D. 5
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  3.   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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  4.   A lamppost has a shadow that is 2 m long. A street sign has a shadow that is m long. If the street sign is 2 m tall, how tall is the lamppost?
    A. 3 m B. 5 m
    C. 1 m D. m
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  5.   Kim is standing next to a tree. The tree has a shadow that is 3 m long. Kim, who is 1.3 m tall, has a shadow that is 0.8 m long. How tall is the tree?
    A. 1.846 m B. 3.972 m
    C. 4.875 m D. 3.5 m
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