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Question 15 The height of a giraffe is two and a half metres more than half its height. How tall is the giraffe?Let Height of giraffe = h m Given that The height of a giraffe is two and a half metres more than half its height So, we can write Height = ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ + ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•/๐Ÿ Putting values ๐’‰=๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ+๐’‰/๐Ÿ Converting mixed fraction to normal fraction โ„Ž=(2+1/2)+โ„Ž/2 โ„Ž=(2 ร— 2 + 1)/2+โ„Ž/2 โ„Ž=(4 + 1)/2+โ„Ž/2 ๐’‰=๐Ÿ“/๐Ÿ+๐’‰/๐Ÿ Moving h/2 right side, so it becomes โ€“h/2 โ„Žโˆ’โ„Ž/2=5/2 ๐’‰/๐Ÿ=๐Ÿ“/๐Ÿ Moving 2 right side, so it multiplies โ„Ž=5/2 ร— 2 ๐’‰=๐Ÿ“ Thus, the giraffe is 5 meters tall.

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CA Maninder Singh is a Chartered Accountant for the past 16 years. He also provides Accounts Tax GST Training in Delhi, Kerala and online.