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A woman 5 feet tall stands near a street near a street lamp that is 12 feet tall, as shown in the figure above . Find a formula that expresses l, the length of her shadow , in terms of d , her distance from the base of the lamp.

A

`l=5/12d`

B

`l=5/13d`

C

`l=5/7d`

D

`l=12/13d`

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