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A bamboo plant is measured to be 20 inches tall. After a certain number of hours, it had grown to be 30 inches tall. If the plant grows at a rate of 5/4 inches per hour, how many hours were there between measurements?

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Answer:

8 hours

Explanation:

It grows 5/4 inches per hour, so all you have to do is get the numerator thats 10 times the denominator. And 8 hours gets that

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