SOLUTION: To convert from centimetres to inches, you can use the fact that a 30-cm ruler is just over 12 inches long. A person is 160 cm tall. what is the person's approximate height, in inc

Question 1173388: To convert from centimetres to inches, you can use the fact that a 30-cm ruler is just over 12 inches long. A person is 160 cm tall. what is the person's approximate height, in inches?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Use the proportion


     = .


where x is the height in inches.


From the proportion, calculate  x =  = 64 inches  (approximately)   ANSWER

Solved.

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Actually, 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters (not 2.5 cm, as you may think after reading this post . . . )

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