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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?
a. 28 1/6
b. 17
c. 15
d. 7 1/11
e. 6
It has been a long time since I have taken algrebra so I do not remember how to solve these problems.
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, Paul:
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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?
a. 28 1/6
b. 17
c. 15
d. 7 1/11
e. 6
Let the doll's sleeve length be "x".
Also, convert all lengths to inches.
Set up a proportion, as follows:
x/30=13/65
x=(30)(13/65)
x=6 inches
Good luck with your studies.
Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source):
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