SOLUTION: If your foot is 7.75 inches long, the shoe size is 13. If foot is 5.75 inches long, shoe size is 7. What is shoe size for 6.25 inch foot? What do I do?

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Question 329982: If your foot is 7.75 inches long, the shoe size is 13.
If foot is 5.75 inches long, shoe size is 7. What is shoe size for 6.25 inch foot?
What do I do?

Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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7.75-5.75=2
13-7=6
2/6=1/3" increase in length for each increase in size.
6.25-5.75=.50" increase in length from size 7.
1/3 + x = .50
1+3x=1.5
3x=.5
x=1/6
Since 1/3" represents 1 size change then .50 represents 1.5 size change.
The shoe size for 6.25 inch foot is 8 1/2.
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Ed