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Write a proportion then solve. Jose is measuring plants in a field for a science project. of the first 20 plants he measures, 12 of them are smaller than a foot in height. if there are 215 plants in the
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Write a proportion then solve. Jose is measuring plants in a field for a science project. of the first 20 plants he measures, 12 of them are smaller than a foot in height. if there are 215 plants in the field, predict the number of plants smaller than a foot.

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129 plants are smaller than a foot

Explanation:

12:20 are smaller than a foot

(215/20)(12) = 129

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