Marcus is 5 7/24 feet tall. ben is 5 5/16 feet tall. which of the two boys is taller? justify your answer?

For this case we have the following mixed numbers.

For Marcus:

For Ben:

What we must do is rewrite the mixed numbers as rational numbers.

We have then:

For Marcus:

For Ben:

From here, we observe that Ben is taller than Marcus because:

Ben is taller than marcus

square root of 36/6 = 2.449489743

square root of 16/6 = 1.632993162

square root of 6 = 2.449489743

the answer is square root of 16/6 because the square root of 36/6 is the same answer as square root of 6 = 2.449489743