Question

Creatures body is four times as long as it's head and it's head was a third of the length of its tail creature was five and a third feet in length from top of its head to end of its tail How Long Was Its TAIL?

Answer 1

2 ft

Explanation:

tail : head : body = 3 : 1 : 4

The tail length is 3/(3+1+4) = 3/8 of the total length, so is ...

(3/8)(5 1/3 ft) = (3/8)(16/3 ft) = 2 ft . . . . tail length