Question

A beluga whale is 5 yards and 3 inches long, and a gray whale is 15 yards and 5 inches long. What is the difference in length between the two whales?

Answer 1

Difference in length between two whales is 362 inches or 10 yards and 2 inches.

Explanation:

Lets convert the values to inches:

1 yard = 36 inches

Length of a beluga whale in inches:

5 yards =
`5*36` inches =
`180` inches

Therefore total length of a beluga whale = 180 inches + 3 inches

=183 inches

Length of a gray whale in inches:

15 yards =
`15*36` inches =
`540` inches

Therefore total length of a beluga whale = 540 inches + 5 inches

=545 inches

Difference in length between two whales = 545 inches - 183 inches

= 362 inches

To represent this in yards and inches we can divide the value by 36.

`(362)/(36) =10.06` yards

=10 yards and 2 inches

Difference in length between two whales is 10 yards and 2 inches.