Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)

4th Edition

ISBN: 9780134639673

Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 7, Problem 19RQ

The hand [hh] is a traditional unit for measuring the height of horses and has been standardized to equal4 inches [in]. The largest horse in recorded history was a Shire horse named Mammoth measuring 21.5 hands [hh]. Convert this height to feet [ft] and inches [in] (for example, 5.5 feet = 5 feet, 6 inches).

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