SOLUTION: Bruno buys a new house and for a promotional gift the mortgage company gives him a brand new meter stick. Bruno, however, thinks it's a yardstick and uses it to measure for all hi
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Question 153834: Bruno buys a new house and for a promotional gift the mortgage company gives him a brand new meter stick. Bruno, however, thinks it's a yardstick and uses it to measure for all his new draperies int the house. When the draperies arrive, are they too big or too small for the windows? Explain how you know.
Note: a meter stick is one mter long and approxiametley 39.5 inches. Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The meter stick he's using is in.
longer than a yardstick.
Suppose he lays the stick on the wall where he wants a
drapery times and calls this yds
The measurement is actually yds + in
When the drapery arrives, it will be in. smaller
than it should be
