Traffic laws
Under traffic regulations, car lights can illuminate the road up to a maximum of 30 m. To check the reach of the dipped-beam lights of their car, Peter stopped the car at 1.5 m from the wall. The dipped beam headlights are 60 cm high. At what height on the wall does Peter have to draw a mark to see if his dipped lights are on properly?
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- geometry
- similarity of triangles
- planimetrics
- triangle
- basic functions
- direct proportionality
- simple proportion
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