document.write( "Question 35583: A youth in a fashion design contest made a shirt for her and a proportional one for a small doll. the youth was 5 feet 5inches tall, and the doll was 13 inches tall. If the youth's shirtsleeve was 30 inches long, how long, inches, was the sleeve of the doll's shirt?
\n" ); document.write( "a. 28 1/6
\n" ); document.write( "b. 17
\n" ); document.write( "c. 15
\n" ); document.write( "d. 7 1/11
\n" ); document.write( "e. 6\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It has been a long time since I have taken algrebra so I do not remember how to solve these problems. \n" ); document.write( "

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the youth was 5 feet 5inches tall, and the doll was 13 inches tall. If the youth's shirtsleeve was 30 inches long, how long, inches, was the sleeve of the doll's shirt?
\n" ); document.write( "a. 28 1/6
\n" ); document.write( "b. 17
\n" ); document.write( "c. 15
\n" ); document.write( "d. 7 1/11
\n" ); document.write( "e. 6\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let the doll's sleeve length be \"x\".
\n" ); document.write( "Also, convert all lengths to inches.
\n" ); document.write( "Set up a proportion, as follows:
\n" ); document.write( "x/30=13/65
\n" ); document.write( "x=(30)(13/65)
\n" ); document.write( "x=6 inches
\n" ); document.write( "Good luck with your studies.
\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "

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