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2) An office building has 10 floors of the same height. How many times as far from the ground is the ninth floor as the third floor?

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The 9th floor is 3 times as far as the 3rd.
User Hannish
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Answer:

it will be 3 times as far.

Explanation:

9a/3a

a=5

(9x5)/(3x5)

45/15=3

this work with any number for a.

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