2010 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 5
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Alice needs to replace a light bulb located centimeters below the ceiling in her kitchen. The ceiling is meters above the floor. Alice is meters tall and can reach centimeters above the top of her head. Standing on a stool, she can just reach the light bulb. What is the height of the stool, in centimeters?
Solution
Convert everything to the same unit. Since the answer is in centimeters, change meters to centimeters by moving the decimal place two places to the right.
The ceiling is centimeters above the floor. The combined height of Alice and the light bulb when she reaches for it is centimeters. That means the stool's height needs to be
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