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Word Problems

by swerve » Thu Jul 08, 2021 4:14 pm

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Two trees have a combined height of 60 feet, and the taller tree is x times the height of the shorter tree. How tall is the shorter tree, in terms of x?

A. \(\dfrac{60}{1+x}\)

B. \(\dfrac{60}{x}\)

C. \(\dfrac{30}{x}\)

D. \(60-2x\)

E. \(30-5x\)

The OA is A

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