Question 548224
Well... we know that there are 12 inches in a foot (or hopefully we do... as otherwise this question is very hard)

We will first find out how many full feet are in 117 inches.  
{{{117/12=9.75}}}

So we have 9 full feet (and then some).
{{{9*12=108}}}

So the 9 feet account for 108 inches.  This means we have 117-108=9 extra inches.  
So it is 9 feet 9 inches tall.  

Hopefully this helps:)