Question

A zookeeper is 6 1/4 feet tall. A young giraffe in his care is 9 3/8 feet tall how many times as tall as the zookeeper is the giraffe?

Answer 1

Answer: The giraffe is 1.5 times tall as the zookeeper.

Explanation:

Given: Height of Giraffe =
`9\frac38\ feet =(72+3)/(8)\ feet =(75)/(8)\ feet`

Height of zookeeper=
`6\frac14\ feet =(24+1)/(4)\ feet =(25)/(4)\ feet`

Let n = number of times the giraffe is tall as the zookeeper.

`n=((75)/(8))/((25)/(4))=(75*4)/(25*8) = 1.5`

Hence, the giraffe is 1.5 times tall as the zookeeper.