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Archaeologists measure the lengths of certain bones to estimate a dinosaur’s height. When the length t of the tibia, or leg bone, is known, a dinosaur’s height h can be estimated by the following formula, where t and h are in centimeters.
If the length of the tibia of a certain dinosaur is
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