document.write( "Question 1148735: At a certain time of day a tree that is X meters tall cast a shadow that is X -3 m long if the distance from the top of the tree to the end of the shadow is X +1 m what is the height X of the tree \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "You have a right angled triangle with the legs  X and X-3  and the hypotenuse (X+1) meters.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     +  = \r\n" );
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document.write( "     = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use the quadratic formula\r\n" );
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document.write( "     =  =  =  = \r\n" );
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document.write( "Only the root  X =   makes sense.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The height of the tree is  X=   = 6.828 meters.\r\n" );
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