Question

You are arranging family members for a photograph, and you want them to stand in order of increasing height. Your uncle is half a foot shorter than your aunt, who is taller than your cousin. Your grandmother is 2 in. shorter than your grandfather. Your brother is 1 in. taller than your aunt and 3 in. taller than your cousin. Your grandfather is 1 cm taller than your aunt.
List the relatives in order of increasing height.

Answer 1

Answer:

Uncle , Cousin, Grandmother , Aunt , Brother , Grandfather

Explanation:

Arranging in the order of increasing height simply means starting from the shortest to the tallest ( ascending order )

Number of relatives = 6

Uncle , Aunt , cousin, grandmother , grandfather, Brother

First lets write out the relationship between your relatives using a feet as our S.I unit

Uncle is shorter than Aunt by ;  1/2 feet = 0.5 feet

Cousin is shorter  than Aunt by : unknown value

Cousin is shorter than Brother by ; 1/4 feet = 0.25 feet

Grandmother is shorter than Grandfather by ; 0.16 feet

Aunt is shorter than Grandfather by ; 0.03 feet

Aunt is shorter than brother by ; 0.08 feet

Hence the list of relatives in ascending order

Uncle , Cousin, Grandmother , Aunt , Brother , Grandfather