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on a scale drawing a bookshelf is 8 inches tall.the scale factor is 1/8.what is the height of the bookshelf?

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If the scale factor is 1/8, it means that it is 1/8 of the actual size. So, 8 inches-the scale size is 8 8 times taller in real life.

So, 8 × 8 is 64.

The height of the bookshelf is 64 inches.
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