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document.write( "A scale model of a building is 8% of a acutal size. If the model is 1.2 meters tall, how tall is the building?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " If the model is 1.2 meters tall, how tall is the building?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let h = the height of the bldg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8% of the real is 1.2 meters, therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".08h = 1.2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 1.2/.08<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 15 meters is the actual height<BR>\n" );
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