A tree casts a 50 foot shadow. At the same time of day, a 4 foot man standing near the tree casts a 10 foot shadow. What is the approximate height of the tree to the nearest foot?

Can someone answer the question, i'm kind of in a rush.

Cross multiply and solve for x.

x/50 = 4/10

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You're welcome.

To find the height of the tree, we can set up a proportion using the shadow lengths.

Let's use "h" to represent the height of the tree.

The proportion can be written as:

(height of tree / length of tree's shadow) = (height of man / length of man's shadow)

or

(h / 50) = (4 / 10)

To solve the proportion, we cross-multiply:

10h = 4 * 50

10h = 200

Divide both sides of the equation by 10:

h = 200 / 10

h = 20

So the approximate height of the tree is 20 feet.