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document.write( "A Boeing 747 jet is approximately 230 ft long and has a wingspan of 195 ft.  If a scale model of a plane is about 40cm long, what is the model's wingspan? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Proportion:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/40 = 195/230\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 33.91 cm<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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