While going for my daily run, I passed a squirrel carrying a nut in her mouth. When she saw me, she ran towards a safe place and, coming to a stone wall, easily jumped up on it and disappeared. I began to wonder how high I could jump if I were a squirrel.

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While going for my daily run, I passed a squirrel carrying a nut in her mouth. When she saw me, she ran towards a safe place and, coming to a stone wall, easily jumped up on it and disappeared.  I began to wonder how high I could jump if I were a squirrel.

If an average squirrel's back leg height from ground to hip is 3 ½ inches, and that squirrel can jump a 2 foot high wall, what height wall could I jump if I were a giant squirrel? My leg height from ground to hip is 36 inches. Give your answer in inches

Ms. Sue · Answer

Let's use a proportion. 3.5/2 = 36/x 3.5x = 72 x = 20.57 feet 20.57 * 12 = _______ inches

Joe · Answer

246.84 is wrong

Ms. Sue · Answer

3.5/24 = 36/x How about 246.86?

Samay · Answer

Yep thx