document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=270384>Question 270384</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Julia, who is 1.51 m tall, wishes to find the height of a tree with a shadow 31.05 m long. She walks 20.70 m from the base of the tree along the shadow of the tree until her head is in a position where the tip of her shadow exactly overlaps the end of the tree top's shadow. How tall is the tree? Round to the nearest hundredth. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #198108 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><B>checkley77(12844)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=198108\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1.51/x=(31.05-20.7)/31.05<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.51/x=10.35/31.05<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10.35x=1.51*31.05<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10.35x=46.8855<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=46.8855/10.35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=4.53 m. for the height of the tree.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.51/4.53=10.35/31.05<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/3=1/3 </SPAN>\n" );
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