Question

A crow was perched atop a 14 1/2 foot tree and dives down 5 feet to a branch below. How far above the ground is the bird's new location in inches?

Answer 1

We have the following:

In this case to know the new location we must subtract the original location and the change, thus

$14\frac{1}{2}-5=9\frac{1}{2}$

That is, the new location is 9 1/2 feet, but we need in inches, therefore we change the feet to inches knowing that 1 foot is 12 inches

$9\frac{1}{2}ft\cdot\frac{12in}{1ft}=114$

That is, the new location is 114 inches