SOLUTION: here are the figures. cross oak height is 11 and the spread is 3. the white oak height is 96 and the spread is 119. I need to know the following: the height of the cross oa

Question 254313: here are the figures. cross oak height is 11 and the spread is 3. the white oak height is 96 and the spread is 119. I need to know the following: the height of the cross oak is what fraction of the height of the white oak. Then 2nd the spread of the cross oak is what percent of the spread of the white oak. Thank you
Found 2 solutions by palanisamy, richwmiller:
Answer by palanisamy(496) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given,
The height of cross oak = 11
and the spread of cross oak = 3
The height of white oak = 96
and the spread of white oak = 119
i) Height of cross oak/Height of white oak = 11/96
ii)Percentage of Spread of cross oak/Spread of white oak = (3/119)*100
= 300/119 %
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
co h 11 s 3
wo h 96 s 119
11/96=coh/woh
ok
3/119=cos/wos
3*100/119=divide this out for percent
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