Question

A person with a height of 2 meters stand near a tree. The tree casts a shadow that is 30 meters long and the person has a shadow that is 3
meters long. What is the height of tree

Answer 1

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Answer:

  20 m

Step-by-step explanation:

The 30 m shadow of the tree is 10 times the 3 m length of the person's shadow. We expect the tree to be 10 times as tall as the person:

  10(2 m) = 20 m . . . height of the tree