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Erik discovered he was 3/4 as tall as Wilt Chamberlain, the basketball player. Chamberlain is 86 inches tall. How tall is Erik?

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Basically, Erik is 3/4 inches of 86 inches; you can say that he's 75% of Chamberlain
Therefore you can do... 3/4 x 86 = 64.5 inches (as known as 75% of 86)

As a result he's 64.5 inches tall

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