A 15-foot tree growing in a fence row is used as a fence post to which barbed wire is stapled at a height of 5 feet. Years later, the tree is 30 feet high. The barbed wire would be
A) 5 feet high.
B) 15 feet high.
C) 20 feet high.
D) 10 feet high.

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Trees grow from their tips, not from the base or middle. Therefore, the position of the barbed wire relative to the ground would remain the same as the tree grows taller.

A 15-Foot Tree Growing in a Fence Row Is Used