Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen for November 16, 2022

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    C  about 2 years ago

    Lots and lots of words

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    GerardEngelage  about 2 years ago

    One must know how many inches there are in a foot. Or the slide rule could have scales for that? I only had metric ones.

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    RAGs  about 2 years ago

    If you cut it down, where is the top going to land?

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    James Wolfenstein  about 2 years ago

    Here’s a problem to solve… USE A RATIONAL UNIT SYSTEM! :D The tree is 19.812 meters.

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    dsTrekker Premium Member about 2 years ago

    65 feet

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    Skeptical Meg  about 2 years ago

    “Why would I care about the height of a tree” is more of a Siri question. But your mom gave you a non-idiotic problem to solve with your slipstick.

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    ChessPirate  about 2 years ago

    I did not get 65 feet. The man’s shadow is not as long as he is tall (48 inches vs 72 inches), therefore the tree can’t be taller than it’s shadow (43 feet, 4 inches or 520 inches), correct? The ratio of the man’s shadow to the man is .667, rounded, so the tree is .667 of 520 inches, which is 346.84 inches, or just under 29 feet…

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    phboles  about 2 years ago

    As a plant ecologist doing field work, I had to estimate the height of trees fairly often.

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    MKC4 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    RATIO TO PROPORTION 72in/48in = x/520in, so x=780in or 65ft

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    DarkHorseSki  about 2 years ago

    Multiply the tree shadow height by 1.5

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    Carl  Premium Member about 2 years ago

    When you drop the tree you will worry about its height.

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    ari.aven  about 2 years ago

    Tree: 65ft. (780")

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