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An elf drew a picture of a reindeer using the scale 3 inches = 2 feet. If the reindeer in the picture was 6 %. Inches tall, how tall is the actual reindeer?

An elf drew a picture of a reindeer using the scale 3 inches = 2 feet. If the reindeer-example-1
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He drew a picture of reindeer . He used a scale 3 inches = 2 feet. The reindeer in the picture is 6 % inches tall . The height of the actual reindeer can be calculated below


\begin{gathered} 6\text{ \% of an inch tall = }0.06\text{ inches} \\ 3\text{ inches = 2 f}eet \\ 0.06\text{ inches =?} \\ \text{actual height of the reind}eer=(0.06*2)/(3)=(0.12)/(3)=\text{ }0.04\text{ fe}et \end{gathered}

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