SOLUTION: Please help me to solve! "Aging Rings" Each year a tree adds a new ring to its cross section. Some rings are thicker than others. Why would this be? Suppose the average ring wa

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"Aging Rings"
Each year a tree adds a new ring to its cross section. Some rings are thicker than others. Why would this be?
Suppose the average ring was .5 cm thick.
Approximately how old is a tree with a circumference of 700 cm?
Thanks for helping :)
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Each year a tree adds a new ring to its cross section. Some rings are thicker than others. Why would this be?
Trees expand slower in drier years.
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Suppose the average ring was .5 cm thick.
Approximately how old is a tree with a circumference of 700 cm?
age = 700/0.5 = 1400 years
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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