What am I doing wrong? Help please! Thanks! :D
Answer to the nearest hundredth.
If the shadow of a tree is 7m long and the shadow of a person who is 0.9m tall is 2m long, how tall is the tree?

(My Work)
T/TS = P/PS
T/7 = 0.9/2
6.3 = 2x
x = 32.0

Question

What am I doing wrong? Help please! Thanks! :D
Answer to the nearest hundredth.
If the shadow of a tree is 7m long and the shadow of a person who is 0.9m tall is 2m long, how tall is the tree?

(My Work)
T/TS = P/PS
T/7 = 0.9/2
6.3 = 2x
x = 32.0

anonymous · Answer

how did you get 32.0? isnt it supposed to be 3.15?

anonymous · Answer

that's based on your calculation method you mentioned

anonymous · Answer

ohhhh i see, i guess i did the math wrong, so i had put 31.5 and rounded to the nearest tenth and ended up getting 32.0

anonymous · Answer

is that what i may have done wrong? how did u get 3.15? well, i got the same but the decimal was wrong...

anonymous · Answer

6.3 = 2x
6.3/2 = 2x/2
3.15 = x

anonymous · Answer

sry i had to leave for something thanks a bunch!