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Intro to Algebra Question?
A whales head is 72 inches, it's tail is 72 inches plus half the length of it's body, it's body is half of it's entire length.
Please help me solve this!!
2 Answers
- railbuffLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Its body is NOT half of its own length! That's not sensible!
The whale's head is 72 "
The whale's tail is 72" + half of its length.
Whale
Head......................Tail
72"..........72" + 1/2 the length
So 72" and 72" are each 1/4 of its length
The tail must be 3/4 of the whale
72" = 1/4 length
Full length = 4 x 72" = 288" or 24 feet
Small whale!
Source(s): Retired math teacher - asdfLv 41 decade ago
lol, i took algebra 1 in sixth grade.... i dont think i can remember a lot of it, besides the basic stuff :(
