14. The tree planted by Kabir is 3 metres high. Every month the height of the tree increases by0.1 metre. After how many more months will the tree be 3 ½ metres tall?​

Mathematics · High School · Thu Jan 21 2021

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Given the statement:

 The tree planted by Kabir is 3 metres high. Every month the height of the tree increases by 0.1 metre.

Determine how many months will the tree be 3 ½ metres tall.

Solution:

In order to determine how many months will the tree be 3 ½ metres tall, we simply convert ½ first to decimal so that we can compute easily.

= ½

= 0.5

= 3.5 metres.

Since the tree is already 3 meters, we simply need to focus on the .5, whereas we divide it by .1 to determine the number of months.

= .5/.1

= 5

Final answer:

It would take 5 months for the tree to reach 3 ½ metres tall.