Answer:
7 ft
Step-by-step explanation:
let the height height of the tree be "h"
Hence the tree's height h=9 ft
one year later,let the height of the tree increased by x ft
hence
[tex]9 + x = 16[/tex] --------This is the equation for the growth of the tree
In order to solve for the added height(growth) of the tree we need to solve for x
[tex]9 + x = 16\\x=16-9\\x=7ft[/tex]
