SOLUTION: At a point on the ground 15 ft from a base of a tree,the distant to the top of the tree is 1ft more than 2 times the height of the tree find the height of the tree.

Question 987641: At a point on the ground 15 ft from a base of a tree,the distant to the top of the tree is 1ft more than 2 times the height of the tree find the height of the tree.
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The height and the distance from base (15 feet) are 2 legs of a right triangle.
The hypotenuse is distance from the point 15 ft from base to top of tree,
or 2(height) + 1ft.
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Let a=height; b=distance from base=15 ft; c=hypotenuse=2a+1ft
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So a=8 ft
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ANSWER: The height of the tree is 8 feet.

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