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There are 250 bricks to build a wall that is 20 feet high. How many bricks will be used to build a wall that is 50 feet tall?

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250 divided by 20 is 12.5

50 x 12.5 = 625

Each foot of the wall uses 12.5 bricks to build. 625 bricks would be used to build a 50 foot tall wall.
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