Question

A tree casts a shadow 23 m long. At the same time, the shadow cast by a 43-cm tall statue is 79 cm long. Find the height of the tree. Round results to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

So this would be \(x + \dfrac{1}{x} = \dfrac {50}{7}\), where x is integer.

Look at the denominator ( 50/7 ). Look like a lead we can use...