Question 66709
the shadow of a tree is 10 meters long, the shadow a meter stick is .4 meters long. how tall is the tree? 25 meters?
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Let the tree be "x" meters high.
Then x/10=1/0.4
Multiply both sides by 10 to get:
x=10/0.4
x=1/(4/10)
x=100/4
x=25 meters
The tree is 25 meters high.
Cheers,
Stan H.