Question

The height of Maury’s room is 8.4 feet from the floor to the ceiling. Maury wants to install a ceiling fan that hangs 1.875 feet below the ceiling. If Maury is 6.6 feet tall, which explains whether Maury’s head will hit the fan?

Answer 1

Maury’s head will hit the fan because there are 6.525 feet between the floor and the fan, and 6.525 is less than 6.6.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The height of Maury's room is 8.4 ans maury is 6.6 feet tall. The distance between the celling and Maury's head is exactly 1.8. She wants to hang the celling fan 1.875 feet away from the celling that is all the head room she has the celling fan would hit her head.