Friday, August 19, 2011

How do you turn this problem into a proportion?

Leonardo da Vinci measured various distances on the human body in order to make accurate drawings. He determined that in general, the ratio of the kneeling height of a person to his or her standing height is 3/4. Using this ratio, determine the standing height of a person who has a kneeling height of 48 in.

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