SOLUTION: It has been found that the distance from a person eye to the end of the fingers of his out stretched hand is proportional to the distance between his eyes at a 10:1 ratio. If the d

SOLUTION: It has been found that the distance from a person eye to the end of the fingers of his out stretched hand is proportional to the distance between his eyes at a 10:1 ratio. If the d

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Question 372209: It has been found that the distance from a person eye to the end of the fingers of his out stretched hand is proportional to the distance between his eyes at a 10:1 ratio. If the distance between you eyes is 2.3 inches, what should the distance from your eye to your out stretced finger be?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
10/x=1/2.3
x=23 in
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