A tree cast a shadow 45 feet long. At the same time, the shadow cast by a vertical 3 feet stick is 5 feet long. Find the height
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Ross can mulch the park for x minutes. So, for 1 min Jake can mulch 1/x part of a garden.
If they work together, for 1 min they will mulch (1/30 + 1/x) part of the garden.
At the same time, we know, that of they work together they can mulch the garden in 16 min, so for 1 min they will mulch 1/16 part of the garden.
Now, we can write an equation
x≈34.3 (min)