SOLUTION: The volume of wood v in a tree varies jointly as h and square of the girth g. If the volume big a redwood tree is 216 m^3 when the height is 30 m and the girth is 1.5 m, what is t

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Question 1002730: The volume of wood v in a tree varies jointly as h and square of the girth g. If the volume big a redwood tree is 216 m^3 when the height is 30 m and the girth is 1.5 m, what is the height of tree whose volume is 960 m^3 and whose girth is 2 m
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If varies jointly as and the square of , then:



Substitute the values of the initial condition, solve for . Once you have then you have a formula to solve for any one of the variables given the other two.

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