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document.write( "Each year a tree adds a new ring to its cross section. Some rings are thicker than others. Why would this be? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Suppose the average ring was .5 cm thick.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Approximately how old is a tree with a circumference of 700 cm?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Trees expand slower in drier years.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose the average ring was .5 cm thick.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Approximately how old is a tree with a circumference of 700 cm?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "age = 700/0.5 = 1400 years<BR>\n" );
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