Patrick plants 4 trees in his neigbor's yard. The shortest tree is 5.6 feet. The tallest tree is 11.2 feet. What is a reasonable total height of the trees that Patrick plants?
A. 25ft
B. 30ft
C. 45ft
D. 50ft
Find an average height between the shortest and tallest trees.
Multiply the average by 4.
What do you get?
I got 33.6 so it's B?
Right.
To find the total height of the trees that Patrick plants, you need to add up the heights of all four trees.
First, find the difference between the shortest and tallest trees: 11.2 feet - 5.6 feet = 5.6 feet.
Then, to find a reasonable total height, you can estimate by dividing the difference by the number of trees planted and rounding to the nearest whole number: 5.6 feet / 4 trees ≈ 1.4 feet per tree.
Next, multiply the estimated height per tree by the number of trees planted: 1.4 feet/tree * 4 trees = 5.6 feet.
Therefore, a reasonable total height for the trees that Patrick planted would be around 5.6 feet.
None of the given options (25ft, 30ft, 45ft, 50ft) match the estimated total height, so none of the options are correct.