A tree casts a shadow 8 meters long. At the same time, a building 64 meters tall casts a shadow 16 meters long. To the nearest meter, what is the height of the tree?

32 meters

Step-by-step explanation:

If the trees shadow is half the height of the buildings shadow, then the tree is half the size of the building

exa:

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3+11

14

step-by-step explanation:

from this example, we can see that subtracting with integers is the same as adding the opposite. we can solve using a number line or by using the saying "keep, change, change" to us solve. it is important to remember that we can subtract a negative and end up with a larger number than we started with.