1973 AHSME Problems/Problem 8
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Problem
If 1 pint of paint is needed to paint a statue 6 ft. high, then the number of pints it will take to paint (to the same thickness) 540 statues similar to the original but only 1 ft. high is
Solution
The statues are similar, and since the height if the smaller statue is of the original statue, the surface area is
of the original statue. Thus,
pints of paint is needed for one 1 ft. statue, so painting 540 of these statues requires
pints of paint.
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