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CEMC Gauss (Grade 7), 2005

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

A bamboo plant grows at a rate of $105$ cm per day. On May $1$ st at noon it was $2$ m tall. Approximately how tall, in metres, was it on May $8$ th at noon?

(A) $10.40$ (B) $8.30$ (C) $3.05$ (D) $7.35$ (E) $9.35$

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