| Find Your Shoe Size - Step by Step Guide to Measuring Your Feet
Wearing the correct size shoes, both length and width, are the nicest and
kindness things you can do for your feet. The information provided below
will allow you to determine the correct length and width of your feet. When
purchasing shoes, you can use this information as a guide to choosing the
correct size shoes.
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Step 1
Stand with your foot firmly on the floor.
Have someone trace the outline of your foot and remember to measure your foot without shoes, but with socks similar to the ones you'll be wearing with the shoes you are buying.
Hold the pencil or pen upright and perpendicular to the paper. Do not hold it at an angle.
Make sure the pencil is resting snugly against your foot as you draw around it.
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Step 2
Use your pencil to draw straight lines touching the outermost points at the top, bottom, and both sides of the outline.
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Step 3
Use your ruler or measuring tape to measure the length from the bottom line to the top line that you drew in step two.
Be sure to hold the measuring tape straight, and find the closest mark that you can (for inches, use the closest 16th mark) - don't round up or down dramatically. Write this number down.
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Step 4
This step will help you to determine the width of your foot.
Measure the width of your foot by using your measuring tape or ruler to measure from the line on one side of your tracing, to the line on the other side.
Again, be certain to find the closest mark that you can (for inches, use the closest 16th mark).
Repeat these steps for your other foot, and use the larger of the two.
After you have your numbers written down, you'll want to subtract 2 tenths of an inch from the numbers. This is to accomodate for the slight space between your actual foot and the line made by the pencil.
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These final numbers are your actual foot measurements.
You can convert them to the appropriate length and width
using the charts below:
Shoe Length
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U.S. Men's Shoe Size
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Inches
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U.S. Women's Shoe Size
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Inches
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6
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9.31
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5
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8.69"
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6.5
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9.5
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5.5
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8.81"
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7
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9.69
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6
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9"
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7.5
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9.81
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6.5
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9.19"
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8
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10
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7
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9.31"
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8.5
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10.19
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7.5
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9.5"
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9
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10.31
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8
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9.69"
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9.5
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10.5
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8.5
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9.81"
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10
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10.69
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9
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10"
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10.5
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10.81
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9.5
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10.19"
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11
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11
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10
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10.31"
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11.5
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11.19
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10.5
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10.5"
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12
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11.31
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12.5
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11.5
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13
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11.69
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13.5
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11.81
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14
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12
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14.5
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12.19
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15
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12.31
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Find the Proper Shoe Width for Your Size:
There's more to your shoe size than just how long your feet are. For
a proper fit, the width of your feet should also be taken into account.
Use this chart to help find the width of shoe you need, based on your
shoe size.
Shoe Width
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U.S Women’s
Shoe Size
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Narrow
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Average
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Wide
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X-Wide
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U.S. Men's Shoe Size
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C Narrow
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D
(Medium)
Standard
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E Wide
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5
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2.81
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3.19
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3.56
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3.94
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6
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3.3"
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3.5"
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3.7"
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5.5
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2.88
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3.25
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3.63
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4
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6.5
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3.3"
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3.6"
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3.8"
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6
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2.94
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3.31
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3.69
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4.06
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7
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3.4"
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3.6"
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3.8"
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6.5
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3
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3.38
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3.75
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4.13
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7.5
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3.4"
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3.7"
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3.9"
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7
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3.06
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3.44
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3.81
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4.19
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8
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3.5"
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3.8"
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3.9"
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7.5
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3.13
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3.5
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3.88
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4.25
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8.5
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3.6"
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3.8"
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4.0"
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8
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3.19
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3.56
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3.94
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4.31
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9
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3.6"
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3.9"
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4.1"
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8.5
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3.25
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3.63
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4
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4.38
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9.5
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3.7"
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3.9"
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4.1"
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9
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3.31
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3.69
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4.06
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4.44
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10
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3.8"
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4.0"
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4.2"
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9.5
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3.38
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3.75
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4.13
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4.5
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10.5
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3.8"
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4.1"
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4.3"
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10
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3.44
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3.81
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4.19
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4.56
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11
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3.9"
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4.1"
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4.3"
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10.5
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3.5
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3.88
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4.25
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4.63
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11.5
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3.9"
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4.2"
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4.4"
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11
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3.56
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3.94
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4.31
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4.69
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12
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4.0"
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4.3"
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4.4"
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11.5
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3.63
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4
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4.38
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4.75
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12.5
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4.1"
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4.3"
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4.5"
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12
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3.69
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4.06
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4.44
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4.81
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13
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4.1"
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4.4"
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4.6"
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12.5
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3.75
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4.13
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4.5
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4.88
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13.5
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4.2"
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4.4"
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4.8"
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13
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3.81
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4.19
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4.56
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4.94
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14
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4.2
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4.5"
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4.9"
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13.5
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3.88
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4.25
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4.63
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5
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14.5
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4.3
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4.6"
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4.9"
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14
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3.94
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4.31
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4.69
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5.06
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15
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4.3
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4.6"
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5"
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