Question

Juana is 4 feet 8 inches tall. She won 1st place in a cross country race. To receive her medal she stood on a platform that was 18 inches tall. What was the total distance from the top of Juanas head the the ground when she was standing on the platform?

Answer 1

Answer:

The distance from the top of her head to the floor is 6 feet 2 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

In his case Juana's height is given to us with two kinds of units, feet and inches, in order to make our solution easyer we will transform her height to only inches. In 1 feet we have 12 inches, so we need to take the part of her height that is given in feet and multiply it by 12. We have:

height = 4*12 + 8 = 56 inches

Since she is in a platform that is 18 inches tall the distance from the top of her head to the floor is her height plus the height of the platform. We have:

distance = height + platform = 56 + 18 = 74 inches

We can now transform back to a mixed unit, we do that by dividing the distance by 12 that will be the "feet" part and the res of the division will be the "inches" part. We have:

distance = 74/12 = 6 feet 2 inches

The distance from the top of her head to the floor is 6 feet 2 inches.