Karen measured her height as 59 inches. That is 27 inches more than half her older sister’s height. How tall is her older sister?
it is not 32 so do not say 32
Let's call Karen's older sister's height "x" inches. According to the given information, Karen's height is 27 inches more than half her older sister's height.
Therefore, Karen's height is (1/2)x + 27 inches.
We are given that Karen's height is 59 inches. So, we can set up the equation:
59 = (1/2)x + 27
Now, let's solve for x.
Subtracting 27 from both sides of the equation:
59 - 27 = (1/2)x
32 = (1/2)x
Multiplying both sides by 2:
2 * 32 = 2 * (1/2)x
64 = x
Therefore, Karen's older sister is 64 inches tall.
Let's represent Karen's height as K and her older sister's height as S.
We are given that Karen's height is 59 inches, which is 27 inches more than half her older sister's height.
So we can write the equation as:
K = (1/2)S + 27
Substituting K = 59, we get:
59 = (1/2)S + 27
Now we can solve this equation to find the height of her older sister:
59 - 27 = (1/2)S
32 = (1/2)S
To find S, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 2:
2(32) = 2(1/2)S
64 = S
Therefore, Karen's older sister is 64 inches tall.
To find the height of Karen's older sister, we need to subtract 27 inches from Karen's height and then multiply the result by 2.
Let's assume Karen's older sister's height is represented by "x" inches.
Given:
Karen's height = 59 inches
Karen's height = (x/2) + 27
Now we can set up an equation and solve for x:
59 = (x/2) + 27
To solve for x, we can start by subtracting 27 from both sides:
59 - 27 = (x/2)
32 = x/2
Now, to isolate x, we can multiply both sides by 2:
2 * 32 = x
64 = x
So, Karen's older sister is 64 inches tall.