SOLUTION: Could you help me with this one. A camera is placed 30 feet from a small tree. at this distance, the image of the tree in the camera is 24 millimeters tall. The height of the image

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Question 625670: Could you help me with this one. A camera is placed 30 feet from a small tree. at this distance, the image of the tree in the camera is 24 millimeters tall. The height of the image is inversely proportional to the distance from the tree to the camera. how far from the tree should the camera be placed so that th height of the image is 6mm tall?
Answer by reynard2007(52) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The camera should be 120 ft away. Go to http://www.vitutor.com/arithmetic/ratio/inverse_proportion.html for the complete process.