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Jeremy's house is 45 feet wide. In a photograph, the width of the house was 2.5 inches and its height was 2 inches. What is the actual height of Jeremy's house?

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  36 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

Assuming the photo's vertical and horizontal scale factors are the same, the height of the house (h) will be ...

  h/2 = 45/2.5

  h = (2/2.5)(45) = (4/5)(45) = 36 . . . feet

Jeremy's house is 36 feet high.

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