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Vijay is trying to find the average height of a tower near his house. He is using the properties of similar triangles.The height of Vijay’s house if 20m when Vijay’s house casts a shadow 10m long on the ground. At the same time, the tower casts a shadow 50m long on the ground and the house of Ajay casts 20m shadow on the ground.
What will be the length of the shadow of the tower when Vijay’s house casts a shadow of 12m?

A

75m

B

50m

C

45m

D

60m

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