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17. Tonya's mother is 1.5 times as tall as

Tonya was when she was 6. How tall
is Tonya's mother? Use the correct
number of significant digits.

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The question is incomplete:

17. Tonya's mother is 1.5 times as tall as Tonya was when she was 6. How tall is Tonya's mother? Use the correct number of significant digits.

The image with the information about Tonya's height is attached.

Answer:

68 in.

Explanation:

According to the information given, you can write the following expression:

x=1.5y

x=Tonya's mother height

y= Tony's height when she was 6

Also, you know from the table that Tonya's height when she was 6 was 45 in. and you can replace this value in the formula:

x=1.5*45

x=67.5

Because of this, the answer is that Tonya's mother height is 68 in.

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