Question

a young tree grows 6 cm per year. use the equation height = 6 cm x number of years to find how many years the tree would take to grow 1 m

Answer 1

The tree grows 6cm per year and we need to find out how long it will take to grow 1 meter. We know that 1 meter is equal to 100 centimeters. So:
6x = 100
x = 16.67
It will take 16.67 years (or one and two-thirds of a year) for the tree to reach 1 meter.

Answer 2

100cm = 1m, 100 divided by 6 is 16.6