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A bird has a head 9 cm long. The tail is equal to the size of the head plus a half.................How long is the bird?

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A bird has a head 9 cm long. The tail is equal to the size of the head plus a half of the size of the body. The body is the size of the head plus the tail.
How long is the bird?

posted Feb 27, 2019 by Udita

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2 Answers

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head = 9cm
tail = 9 + 0.5*(9+tail)
tail = 9 + 4.5 + (tail/2)
(tail/2) = 13.5
tail = 27
Total bird length = tail + body + head = 27 + (9 + 27) + 9 = 72cm

answer Feb 27, 2019 by Tejas Naik
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head=9
tail=9+body/2
body=head+tail
body=9+(9+body/2)
body=18+18+body/2
2body=36+body
body=36
tail=9+36/2
tail=24
the bird size is =(head+tail+body)=(9+24+36)=69cm

answer Feb 28, 2019 by Jayapreetha Jayaraman



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