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a tree rhar is 8 feet tall is growing at a rate of 2 feet each year a tree is 13 feet tall is growing at a rate of 1 foot each year enter the numbers if years it will take the two trees to reach the same height

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Answer:

5 years

Explanation:

The shorter tree is 5 ft shorter, but is growing 1 ft/year faster. It will make up the difference of 5 ft in (5 ft)/(1 ft/year) = 5 years.

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