document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1169277>Question 1169277</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A triple jump consists of hop, step and jump. The length of Keith's step was three-quarters of the length of his hop and the length of his jump was half the length of his step. if the total length of Keith's triple jump was 17 meters  , what was the length of his hop , in meters?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please solve this question<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " The length of Keith's step was three-quarters of the length of his hop<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = .75h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "arrange h in terms of s<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".75h = s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = s/.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 1.3333s<BR>\n" );
document.write( " and the length of his jump was half the length of his step.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "j = .5s<BR>\n" );
document.write( " if the total length of Keith's triple jump was 17 meters,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h + s + j = 17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "replace h and j<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.3333s + s + .5s  = 17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.83s = 17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 17/2.8333<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 6 meters is the step<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " what was the length of his hop, in meters?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 1.3333 * 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 8 meters is the hop </SPAN>\n" );
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