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High Jump: If a person high jumps 6 feet 6 inches, how many inches is the jump?The person jumped ? inches high.

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6\text{ f}eet\text{ 6 inches}

To express this in inches, we are going to convert the given 6 feet to inches first and then add the result to the other 6 inches.


1\text{ foot = }12\text{ inches}
\text{Then 6 fe}et=12*6=72\text{ inches}

Therefore, the total inches is now;


72+6=78\text{ inches}

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