A fish's head is 2 and half inches long. His tail is as long as his head and half as long as his body. His body is half as long as his total length. How long is this fish?
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10 inches
ReplyDeleteI read it thinking the tail was the length of the head PLUS half the length of the body. If you do it that way, the total length is 15 inches, but rereading it now, 10 is probably right.
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ReplyDelete(About approving comments the next day) I, personally, like to know what the answer is when I cannot figure it out on my own, or to find out if my answer is correct. One possible compromise is to have the comments be linked to another page, so that people who don't want the answers don't have to see them, and others that do want to see them can simply click the link.
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10 inches is the answer I had. Sorry if it wasn't that clear. Sometimes with these problems, the wording and your understanding have to be so precise.
ReplyDeleteThis question would have gone better if it had been posted in the morning, rather than the evening, don't you think?
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