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barry wants to make a drawing that is 1/4 the size of the original. if a tree in the original drawing is 14 inches tall, how tall will the tree in barrys be?

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The answer is 3.5
(14/100)x25=3.5
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14*1/4=3.5

If you aren't good at multiplying fractions, you can divide the 14 in half to get 7, then 7 in half to get 3.5.
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