Tony uses the length of his hand to measure the size of his desk. He finds the top of his desk to be about "3 hands by 9 hands" in size. Jacqueline uses her hand and finds the same desk to measure about "4.25 hands by 12.75 hands" in size.

Tony's hand is how many times as long as Jacqueline's hand?

times as long

What is the measure of Tony's hand using Jacqueline's hand as the "unit ruler"?

Jacqueline's hand is how many times as long as Tony's hand?

times as long

What is the measure of Jacqueline's hand using Tony's hand as the "unit ruler"?

1 answer

Tony/Jacky = 4.25/3 = 1.416666 = 17/12
Jacky/Tony = 12/17