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Three of Santa's helpers are a combined height of twelve feet and three inches. Katherine is eighteen inches shorter than Samuel, who is nine inches taller than Hunter. How tall is each of Santa's helpers?

 

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Three of Santa's helpers are a combined height of twelve feet and three inches. Katherine is eighteen inches shorter than Samuel, who is nine inches taller than Hunter. How tall is each of Santa's helpers?

Samuel is clearly the tallest. Hunter is 9" shorter; Katherine is 18" shorter.

Can you think of a way to relate one height to the others, add or subtract any underage or overage to or from the given total, divide by 3, and then figure out their heights?

Please reply showing all of your work and reasoning. Thank you.

Eliz.