Rod is 6feet tell he casts a 3-foot-long shadow at the Same time a tree casts an 8-foot-long shadow what is the height of the tree
6/3 = x/8
Cross multiply and solve for x.
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To find the height of the tree, we need to set up a proportion using the height of Rod, the length of Rod's shadow, and the length of the tree's shadow.
Let's denote the height of the tree as T.
The proportion will be as follows:
Height of Rod / Length of Rod's shadow = Height of the tree / Length of the tree's shadow
Substituting the given values, we have:
6 feet / 3 feet = T / 8 feet
To solve this proportion, we can cross-multiply:
(6 feet) * (8 feet) = (3 feet) * T
48 feet = 3 feet * T
Now we can solve for T by dividing both sides of the equation by 3:
48 feet / 3 feet = T
T ≈ 16 feet
Therefore, the height of the tree is approximately 16 feet.