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A person who is 6 foot tall walks away from a 40 foot tree towards the tip of the tree's shadow. At a distance of 10 feet from the tree the persons shadow begins to emerge beyond the tree's shadow. How much further must the person walk to completely be out of the tree's shadow?
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