We can set up a proportion to solve for the actual length of the bird's beak:
9.3 cm (height in photo) / 52.4 cm (actual height) = 1.1 cm (length of beak in photo) / x (actual length of beak)
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:
9.3 cm * x = 52.4 cm * 1.1 cm
Simplifying:
9.3x = 57.64
x ≈ 6.2 cm
Therefore, the bird's beak is approximately 6.2 cm long in reality.
bobby photographs a bird. The bird measures 9.3 cm tall in the photo and is actually 52.4 cm tall. Approximately how long is the bird's beak if it measures 1.1 cm in the photo?
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