SOLUTION: Julia, who is 1.51 m tall, wishes to find the height of a tree with a shadow 31.05 m long. She walks 20.70 m from the base of the tree along the shadow of the tree until her head i

Question 270384: Julia, who is 1.51 m tall, wishes to find the height of a tree with a shadow 31.05 m long. She walks 20.70 m from the base of the tree along the shadow of the tree until her head is in a position where the tip of her shadow exactly overlaps the end of the tree top's shadow. How tall is the tree? Round to the nearest hundredth.
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.51/x=(31.05-20.7)/31.05
1.51/x=10.35/31.05
10.35x=1.51*31.05
10.35x=46.8855
x=46.8855/10.35
x=4.53 m. for the height of the tree.
P500f:
1.51/4.53=10.35/31.05
1/3=1/3
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