document.write( "Question 1189005: The fish has a head 9cm long. The tail is equal to the size of the head plus one half the size of the body. The body is the size of the head plus the tail. How long is the fish?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I have tried H= 9
\n" ); document.write( "T= 9+B/2
\n" ); document.write( "B = 9+9+B/2
\n" ); document.write( "So B= 36+B...?
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\n" ); document.write( "let the size of the body be \"b\", the size of the head \"h\", and the size of the tail \"t\"and total length \"L\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then \"L=b%2Bh%2Bt\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "given:
\n" ); document.write( "\"h=9cm\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The tail is equal to the size of the head plus one half the size of the body.
\n" ); document.write( "\"t=h%2Bb%2F2\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The body is the size of the head plus the tail.
\n" ); document.write( "\"b=h%2Bt\".........substitute \"t=h%2Bb%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b=h%2Bh%2Bb%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b-b%2F2=2h\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b%2F2=2h\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b=4h\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"t=h%2Bb%2F2\" ......substitute \"b=4h\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"t=h%2B4h%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"t=h%2B2h\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"t=3h\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then, substitute all in\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=4h%2Bh%2B3h\" ....substitute \"h=9cm\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"L=4%2A9%2B9%2B3%2A9\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"L=72\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " the fish is \"72cm\" long\r
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