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The tropical giant bamboo can grow 11.9 feet in 3 days what is the rate of the growth in inches per hour round your answer to the nearest hundredth and show that your answer is reasonable

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This is a proportion problem so you set up related units to convert them:

\(\frac{11.9ft}{3 days}}\) × \(\frac{1 day}{24 hr}}\) × \(\frac{12in}{1ft}}\) = \(\frac{42.8in}{72hr}\)

Since it is over 72hr, divide 42.8in by 72hr = 1.98333333...

So the plant grows about 2 in per hour

Answer:

1.98 inches /hr                                                    

Step-by-step explanation:

Growth of tropical giant bamboo in 3 days = 11.9 feet

Growth of tropical giant bamboo in 1 day  =\(\frac{11.9}{3}\)

                                                                     =\(3.96\)

So, The rate of the growth is 3.96 feet/day

Now we are supposed to convert the rate into inches /hour

1 inch = 12 inches

1 day = 24 hours

So, Rate of the growth in inches per hour =  \(3.96 \times \frac{12}{24}\)

Rate of the growth in inches per hour =  \(1.98\)

Hence  the rate of the growth in inches per hour is 1.98 inches /hr