Question

In the 21st century, people measure length in feet and meters. At various points in history, people measured length in hands, cubits, and paces. There are 9 hands in 2 cubits. Write an equation to express the relationship between hands, LaTeX: hh, and cubits, LaTeX: cc. Explain your reasoning under your equation.

Answer 1

22.5 hands = 3 paces

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer: 1 hand = 0.22... cubits.

Explanation:

We want to write the relation between hands and cubits.

We know that there are 9 hands in 2 cubits.

So we can write:

9 hands = 2 cubits.

Now, we want to have an unit in the left side (so we can see how many cubits are equal to exactly one hand).

Then we can divide by 9 in both sides of the equality.

(9 hands)/9 = (2 cubits)/9

1 hand = 0.22... cubits.