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Huntington Hunting Company is building a scale model of a deer

stand to
showcase at the next state meeting of Hillside Hunters. The deer
stand is
62 feet long and 23 feet wide. The model that the company is
building will
be 14 inches long to display at the meeting. How wide should the
display be, in inches?
(Round your answer to the nearest hundredths place)

User Gustavz
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Answer:

5.19

Explanation:

23/62 = x/14

Cross multiply

322 = 62x

x = 5.1935

x = 5.19

User Vilhelm
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