Be good peeps The adult height of a male is about 1.19 times his height at age 12. The adult height
of a female is about 1.07 times her height
at age 12. Predict how tall each of these
people were when they were 12.
a) an adult male 1.8 m tall
b) an adult female 1.8 m tall

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The blue whale is the largest animal living on the earth. the average blue whale measures 100 feet long (30 meters) and weighs 300,000 pounds (136,000 kilograms). a whale’s head is 1⁄3 of the length of its body. a new baby whale is 1⁄4 the length of a grown whale. the average man is 1⁄17 the length of a blue whale, and 1⁄1,818 its weight. a human baby measures 1⁄4 of the length of an adult. calculate the following information: how long is a whale’s head? how long is a new baby whale? how tall is the average man? how much does the average man weigh? how tall is the average human baby?

Convert the mixed numbers into improper fractions. convert the improper fraction to mixed numbers.

1. how do you convert the repeating, nonterminating decimal 0. to a fraction? explain the process as you solve the problem.