SOLUTION: wendy is 158 cm tall and is 2.4 meters away from the camera lens. the film is 4 cm away from the lens. how tall is her image on the film to the nearest tenth of a centimetre?

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Question 1175688: wendy is 158 cm tall and is 2.4 meters away from the camera lens. the film is 4 cm away from the lens. how tall is her image on the film to the nearest tenth of a centimetre?
Answer by greenestamps(13203)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Convert the 2.4m to 240cm so that the units are the same.  Then

 158 cm     x cm
-------- = ------
 240 cm     4 cm

Solve the proportion....
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