Question

Roger is 55 4/5 inches tall.Shauna is 1 1/3 inches shorter than Shauna how tall is jane

Answer 1

Let:

x = Roger height

y = Shauna height

z = Jane height

`\begin{gathered} x=55(4)/(5)=(279)/(5) \\ y=x-1(1)/(6)=x-(7)/(6)=(279)/(5)-(7)/(6)=(1639)/(30) \\ z=y-1(1)/(3)=y-(4)/(3)=(1639)/(30)-(4)/(3)=53(3)/(10)in=(533)/(10)in=53.3in \end{gathered}`