SOLUTION: A hiker wants to determine the height of a tree. She measures the tree's shadow to be 17.1 meters long. Her own shadow at the same time is 1.8 meters long. If the hiker is 1.7 m
Algebra.Com
Question 1178100: A hiker wants to determine the height of a tree. She measures the tree's shadow to be 17.1 meters long. Her own shadow at the same time is 1.8 meters long. If the hiker is 1.7 meters tall, how tall is the tree?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.
x/17.1 = 1.7/1.8
x = 17.1*1.7 /1.8
Height of tree = 16.15 m
RELATED QUESTIONS
hi my question I encountered is ''Julia, who is 2 meters tall, wishes to find the height... (answered by josgarithmetic)
Briana wants to find the height of a tree in her backyard but she is afraid of heights,... (answered by harpazo)
"Jackie who is 1.82 metes tall wants to find the height of a tree in her backyard. From... (answered by checkley77)
A tree casts a shadow which is 3m long. Another tree standing next to it, estimated to be (answered by josgarithmetic,MathTherapy)
Annie wanted to determine the height of a tree in the corner of her yard. she knew that a (answered by stanbon)
Pat measures the length of the shadow of a tree to be 54 feet long. At the same time he... (answered by rapaljer)
to find the height of a tree, a student measured the tree's shadow and her own shadow. If (answered by stanbon)
Juanita, who is 1.82 meters tall, wants to find the height of a tree in her backyard.... (answered by checkley77)
Julia, who is 1.51 m tall, wishes to find the height of a tree with a shadow 31.05 m... (answered by checkley77)