Question

She measure the length of the trees shadow ( on the ground) which was 42 meters. Then she positioned the ladder. Which was 2.4 meters high, and measured its shadow. The ladders shadow ( on the ground) was exactly 3 meters

Answer 1

33.6

Step-by-step explanation:

x/42 = 2.4/3

x = 2.4/3 x 42

x = 2.4/1 x 14

x = 33.6/1

x = 33.6

Answer 2

The tree was 33.6 meters tall.

Explanation:

So the question is "How tall is the tree?" I take it.

tree height/shadow length = ladder height / shadow length

Notice that the heights are both in the numerator. A proportion should always do this. It should have the same units on either the two denominators or the 2 numerators.

x / 42 = 2.4 / 3 Multiply both sides by 42

x = 42 * 2.4 / 3

x = 100.8 / 3

x = 33.6