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Eighth graders measure regular baseball bats and souvenir bats in centimeters. They determine how tall a person would be to be in proportion to the souvenir bat, create a poster depicting the person, and explain the proportional reasoning for the drawing.

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proportional reasoning, proportions, scale factors, ratios, similarity, similar figures

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8th
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Math
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