Question

A bird was sitting 9 meters from the base of an oak tree and flew 15 meters to reach the top of the tree. How tall is the tree?

Answer 1

24 meters

Explanation:

The distance from base to the point where the bird was sitting is 9 meters. The distance from the bottom to the top was 15 meters. Height of the tree = 9 + 15 which equals 24. So the answer is 24 meters.