SOLUTION: Captain Hook's parrot is 4 times as tall as Peter Pan's parrot. A parrot owned by another (pie symbol) -rate on the Jolly Roger is 5/8 the height of Hook's bird. The total height o
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Question 730885: Captain Hook's parrot is 4 times as tall as Peter Pan's parrot. A parrot owned by another (pie symbol) -rate on the Jolly Roger is 5/8 the height of Hook's bird. The total height of all these birds is 225 cm. If d represents the height of Peter's parrot, find d.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
P's bird =
C.H.'s bird =
-rate's bird =
cm
P's bird is 30 cm tall
check:
C.H.'s bird =
C.H.'s bird = cm
-rate's bird =
-rate's bird =
OK
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