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Jan 17, 2017

17ft

Explanation:

Let the height of the statue be $x$ $x$

$x : 51 = 16 : 48$ $x:51=16:48$

$\frac{x}{51} = \frac{16}{48}$ $x/51=16/48$

multiply both sides by 51 to let $x$ $x$ stand alone on the L.H.S.

$:.cancel51^1/1xxx/cancel51^1=16/cancel48^16xxcancel51^17/1$

$:.x=cancel16^1/cancel16^1 xx cancel51^17$

$:.x=17ft$

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