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Ron is 8 years old and 40 inches tall. If he grows at the same rate every year, how tall was he when he was 5 years old?

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25 inches

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User Nirup Iyer
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He would be 25 inches tall.

40 divided by 8 would equal 5 so at age 1, he was 5 inches tall. So 5 times 5 which is how old he was, would equal 25 inches.
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