A drawing of a building is made using a scale of 2 centimeters representing 11 feet. How many centimeters tall will the drawing be if the building has a height of 236 feet?

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We can set up a proportion to solve this problem. The ratio of centimeters to feet is 2:11. Let x be the number of centimeters in the drawing representing the height of the building.

2/11 = x/236

Cross multiplying, we get:

11x = 2 * 236

11x = 472

x = 472/11

x ≈ 42.91

Therefore, the drawing of the building will be approximately 42.91 centimeters tall.