SOLUTION: Bob who is 1.92 m tall wishes to find the height of a tree with a shadow of 31.07 m long. He walks 23.87 m from the base of the tree along the shadow of the tree until his head is
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Question 438950: Bob who is 1.92 m tall wishes to find the height of a tree with a shadow of 31.07 m long. He walks 23.87 m from the base of the tree along the shadow of the tree until his head is in position where the tip of his shadow exactly overlaps the end of the tree tops shadow. How tall is the tree?
round to the nearest hundreth
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Cross-multiply and solve for 
, to the nearest hundredth.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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