The Length of a Span

Algebra Level 1

The dad of Caroline has measured the length of a table with his hands, and told 8 hands. Caroline has measured too, and told 11 hands.

What is the size of the Caroline's hand, if the hand of his dad measures 22 cm?


The answer is 16.

Victor Paes Plinio by Victor Paes Plinio , 21, Brazil

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6 solutions

Isaac Backhouse
Jun 8, 2015

It is 16 and I think you mean 'if the hand of her dad measures 22cm' not 'if the hand of his dad measures 22cm' because Caroline is surely female

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22 cm multiplied by = 176(Length of table)

Length of table needs to be divided by how many of Caroline's hands were needed to find the size of Caroline's hand. So...

176 divided by 11 = 16 cm.

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Thuan Tran
May 3, 2014

table length= x

x/22=8 x/22 22=8 22 x=176 - table length

therefore, 176/11= 16 - Caroline's hand

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Kathy Pham
Apr 22, 2014

8 x 22 / 11 = 16 cm

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Dad = D Caroline = C

D = 22 cm

8D = 176 cm

11C = 176 cm

C = 16 cm

Uday Islam - 7 years, 1 month ago
Krishna Garg
Apr 12, 2014

Since his dads hand is 22cm and length measured 8 times,so length of table is 176 cm. Now,he measured 11 hands ,so to measure 176 cm, if x is his hands length x X 11 ==176 so 16 cm is answer.

K.K.GARG,India

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Ameya Salankar
Apr 7, 2014

It is said that Caroline's dad's hand is 22 c m 22 cm .

Therefore, the total length of the table = 22 × 8 = 176 = 22 \times 8 = 176 .

⇒ \Rightarrow Length of Caroline's hand = 176 11 = 16 = \frac{176}{11} = \boxed{16} .

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