Question

It's basically the whole problem Vince the Alien Is 5 feet Tall His Shadow is 8 feet Long at the same time of day, a trees shadow is 32 feet long What is the height of the tree All I know so far is that X is how tall the tree is Here's what I've done X = 8 5 32 And that's all I know so far And I have 5 More Thanks -Aaron Hughes

Answer 1

Answer: The tree is 20 feet tall

Explanation:

The missing picture is attached.

Notice that the height in feet of the tree is represented with "x".

Based on the picture, you can write the following proportion in order to calculate the height of the tree:

`(5)/(8)=(x)/(32)`

Now, to find the value of "x", you need to solve for "x".

To do this, you can apply the Multiplication property of equality, which states that:

If
`a=b`, then
`a*c=b*c`

Therefore, based on this, you can mulitply both sides of the equation by 32.

The result is:

`(32)((5)/(8))=((x)/(32))(32)\\\\(160)/(8)=x\\\\x=20`