SOLUTION: A tree that is 17.04 feet high grows 4.88 feet .per year. There is an electric wire 100 feet above the ground. How many years will it take for tree to touch the wire?
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Question 321975: A tree that is 17.04 feet high grows 4.88 feet .per year. There is an electric wire 100 feet above the ground. How many years will it take for tree to touch the wire? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 100-17.04 is the difference vetween tree top and wire.
=82.96
The tree grows 4.88 feet /year
so it will take 82.96/4.88 years to touch the wire
= 17 years
