On level ground, the base of a tree is 20 ft from the bottom of a 48-ft flagpole. The tree is shorter than the flagpole. At a certain time, their shadows end at the same point 60 ft from the base of the flagpole. How tall is the tree?
1 Answer
Jul 13, 2018
The tree is
Explanation:
Given: A tree is
Since we have two triangles that are proportional, we can use proportions to find the height of the tree:
Use the cross-product to solve:
The tree is