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Jake has a piece of yarn that is four feet long. Blair has a piece of yarn that is four inches long. Who has the loner price and why

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Jake has a longer yarn because feet are longer than inches
User Eero Heikkinen
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Jake has a longer yarn because 1 foot is equivalent to 12 inches
So if Jake has 4 feet long yarn then:
4 x 12 = 48
48 is 44 inches longer than Blair's
It's also because 48 is greater than 4
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