Question

Cherie was building a fort with her friend jaylah . Cherie built a fort that was 181 inches tall and jaylah built a fort that was 62 inches taller than cheries fort. How tall was jaylah fort?

Answer 1

Height of Jaylah's fort =  243 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1:

Height of Cherie's fort = 181 inches

Height of Jaylah's fort = 62 inches taller than Cherie's fort

We need to find the actual height of Jaylah's fort

Step 2 :

Since we are given that Jaylah's fort is 62 inches taller than Cherie's fort the actual height of Jaylah's fort can be determined by adding the height of Jaylah's fort to that of Cherie's fort.

Hence

Height of Jaylah's fort = 181 + 62 = 243 inches

Step 3 :

Answer :

Height of Jaylah's fort =  243 inches