Q7 of 52 Page 117

The height of tree increases at the rate of 20% every year. If the present height of tree is 28.8 metre, let us calculate the height of tree 2 years before.

Let the height of the tree 2 years before be x.


At present the height of the tree


By the condition,




x = 16.66 metre


The height of the tree 2 years before was 16.6 metre.


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