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Consider two people where one person is 25​% taller than the other but proportioned in exactly the same way.​ (That is, the taller person looks like a larger version of the shorter​ person.) Suppose the
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Consider two people where one person is 25​% taller than the other but proportioned in exactly the same way.​ (That is, the taller person looks like a larger version of the shorter​ person.) Suppose the shorter person has a 31​-inch waist. What size is the taller​ person's waist?

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38.75 in.

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125\% * 31~in. = 1.25 * 31~in. = 38.75~in.

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