Question

A. 66 ft

b.432 ft
c. 12 ft
d. 36 ft

A tree's shadow is 72 feet long when a yardstick's shadow
is 6 feet long. How tall is the tree?

Answer 1

the height of the tree is 432 feet. Answer: (b) 432 ft.

Explanation:

We can set up a proportion to solve the problem:

height of tree / length of yardstick shadow = length of tree shadow / length of yardstick shadow

Let h be the height of the tree. Then we have:

h / 6 = 72 / 1

Multiplying both sides by 6, we get:

h = 6 x 72 = 432

Therefore, the height of the tree is 432 feet. Answer: (b) 432 ft.