Question

your baby cousin was born at a height of 1 5/12 ft. over the next 5 years she grew to be a height of 3 1/2 ft. find the average yearly growth

Answer 1

basically u need to find out how much she is growing each year... on average

Answer 2

to grow from 1 5/12 ft to 3 1/2 ft, she took 5 years eh ?

Answer 3

i would divide by 5

Answer 4

Exactly !
denominator is 5.

what u wil put on the numerator ?

Answer 5

3.5

Answer 6

think a bit

Answer 7

actuallt, you need to take the difference

Answer 8

3.5 - 1 5/12

Answer 9

25 over 12

Answer 10

Average yearly growth = \(\large \frac{3.5 - 1 \frac{5}{12}}{5}\)

Answer 11

simplify

Answer 12

\(\large \frac{3.5 - 1 \frac{5}{12}}{5}\)


\(\large \frac{3.5 - \frac{17}{12}}{5}\)

Answer 13

can u simplify further ?

Answer 14

5 over 12

Answer 15

Correct !! good job :)

Answer 16

thanks bye

Answer 17

that means, she is growing 5/12 ft per year !

Answer 18

yw