Question

The table below shows the heights of several books. Jean stacks a dictionary on top of her novel. How high is the stack of the two books?
Books:Novel,Dictionary,Textbook.

Height:3/4 inches,4 1/2 inches,1 3/8 inches.

Answer 1

Answer:

The height of the stack = $5\frac{1}{4}$ in

Explanation:

We are given that Jean stacks a dictionary on top of a novel.

This means that the total height of the stack will be equal to the height of the dictionary added to the height of the novel.

From the givens, we have:

height of dictionary = $4\frac{1}{2}$ in

height of novel = $\frac{3}{4}$ in

Now, adding the two height, we will have:

Total height of stack = height of novel + height of dictionary

Total height of stack = $\frac{3}{4}+4 \frac{1}{2} = \frac{3}{4}+ \frac{18}{4}= \frac{21}{4}=5 \frac{1}{4}$ in

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