Question

Joshua is 1.45 meters tall. At 2 p.m., he measures the length of a tree's shadow to be 31.65 meters. He stands 26.2 meters away from the tree, so that the tip of his shadow meets the tip of the tree's shadow. Find the height of the tree to the nearest hundredth of a meter .

Answer 1

8.42

Explanation:

* means multiply

31.65/5.45 = x/1.45

5.45x = 31.65 * 1.45

5.45x = 45.8925

x = 45.8925/5.45

x = 8.42064220183