SOLUTION: Find the height to the nearest foot of a tree that makes a 50-foot shadow when a 2 ft. 6 in. pole is used to make a shadow of 3 feet.
Algebra.Com
Question 113320: Find the height to the nearest foot of a tree that makes a 50-foot shadow when a 2 ft. 6 in. pole is used to make a shadow of 3 feet.
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
X/50=2.5/3 NOW CROSS MULTIPLY.
3X=2.5*50
3X=125
X=125/3
X=41.667 FEET IS THE HEIGHT OF THE TREE.
RELATED QUESTIONS
a 80 feet pole casts a 30 feet shadow. find the height of a tree that casts a shadow of 9 (answered by Greenfinch)
A woman wans to measure the height of a nearby building. She places a 9 foot pole in the... (answered by jorel1380)
A tree in front of Michelle house cast a shadow 18 ft long. If michelle is 5 ft 6 in and... (answered by algebrapro18)
Find the height of a tree that casts a 90 foot shadow, if an adjacent 2 1/2 foot high... (answered by stanbon)
A telephone pole casts a shadow that is 30 feet long. At the same time, a man standing... (answered by Boreal,Alan3354)
When the angle of elevation of the sun is $50^\circ$, find the length of the shadow, to... (answered by Alan3354)
A pole casts a shadow of 25ft at one time and a shadow of 10 ft at a later time when the... (answered by Theo)
A woman wants to measure the height of a nearby tower. She places a pole in the shadow... (answered by ikleyn)
A utility worker must reach the top of a telephone pole to fix an electric wire. If the... (answered by checkley77)