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How tall is a stair step in a US home?

7.09 inAbout 18 cm · Handheld

Building codes allow up to 7.75 inches (19.7 cm), and most steps are about 7 inches (18 cm).

That's about 1/8.3 of a red kangaroo (about 5 ft, or 1.5 m, tall).

7.09 in
a dime

To scale: a stair step is about 10× bigger than a dime.

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