A stairway consists of 14 stairs, each 8, inches high. What is the vertical height of the stairway?

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A stairway consists of 14 stairs, each 8, inches high. What is the vertical height of the stairway?
The height of the stairway is
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(Simplify your answer. Type an integer, proper fraction, or mixed number.)
Transcribed Image Text:A stairway consists of 14 stairs, each 8, inches high. What is the vertical height of the stairway? The height of the stairway is | in. (Simplify your answer. Type an integer, proper fraction, or mixed number.)
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here the stairway consists of 14 stairs

each stair is 67/8 inches high

vertical height of the stairway is the product of the number of stairway and height of each stair

 

vertical height = 14(67/8)

vertical height = 117.25 inches

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