Artificial Christmas trees tend to be proportional in shape. If a 4-foot tree needs about two strings of lights, what size tree would need five strings of lights?
A) a tree shorter than 6 feet
B) a tree between 6 and 8 feet tall
C) a tree between 8 and 9 feet tall
D) a tree taller than 9 feet

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Since a 4-foot tree needs two strings of lights, we can infer that each string of lights covers about 2 feet of tree. Therefore, a tree that needs five strings of lights would be approximately 10 feet tall, placing it between 6 and 8 feet tall based on the proportional increase.

Artificial Christmas Trees Tend to Be Proportional in Shape