1986 AHSME Problems/Problem 14
Problem
Suppose hops, skips and jumps are specific units of length. If hops equals skips, jumps equals hops, and jumps equals meters, then one meter equals how many skips?
Solution
metre equals jumps, which is hops, and then skips, which becomes , i.e. answer .
See also
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