Question

[challenge] you are hoping to receive a scholarship for volleyball and are entering your personal information and statistics on a secure website to be reviewed by recruiters. the website requires that you report your height in feet and inches to the nearest ? inch. you have a decimal tape measure and find that you are 5.89 feet tall. what height measurement will you report in order to honestly and accurately report your height?

Answer 1

Height without rounding - 5.89

5.89

Rounded - 5.9 feet tall

Answer 2

5ft 11in

Explanation:

We know that 1 feet is equivalent to 12 inches ⇒

`1ft=12inches` (I)

We need to convert the measure 5.89 feet.

5.89 feet is equivalent to 5 feet + 0.89 feet

We need to convert the remaining 0.89 feet into inches.

Using the equivalence (I) :

`(1feet)/(12inches)=(0.89feet)/(x)`

`x=((0.89feet).(12inches))/(1feet)=10.68inches` ≅ 11 inches

We can write that

5.89 feet = 5 feet + 0.89 feet = 5 feet + 11 inches ⇒

5.89 feet = 5ft 11in