bolanmath - Proportional Objects Notes and Activities

HINTS. Page 1

#5: Get a ruler, and measure the length of the squares in the original picture. The squares of the enlargement are about 21cm. Divide the these measurements to find out how many times larger the enlargement is.

#6: You need your answer to #5 to do this.

take the measurement from the original picture
multiply it by your answer to #5

HINTS. Page 2
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9 - 11
12, 13 (how to do 12-14 in a ti-36x calculator)
14 (basically, convert Amanda's height to feet, and make a feet ratio for part "a",

for "b" find Tom's height in inches first, and make an inch ratio)

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