The blue whale is the largest animal living on the earth. The average blue whale measures 100 feet long (30 meters) and weighs 300,000 pounds (136,000 kilograms). A whale’s head is 1⁄3 of the length of its body. A new baby whale is 1⁄4the length of a grown whale. The average man is 1⁄17 the length of a blue whale, and 1⁄1,818its weight. A human baby measures 1⁄4 of the length of an adult. Calculate the following information: How long is a whale’s head? How long is a new baby whale? How tall is the average man? How much does the average man weigh? How tall is the average human baby?

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The average blue whale measures 100 feet(30 meters) long and weighs 300,000 pounds(136,000 kilograms).

  • A whale’s head is [tex]\frac{1}{3}[/tex] of the length of its body. So, the length of a whale's head [tex]=(\frac{1}{3}*100)feet = 33.33 feet[/tex] or [tex](\frac{1}{3}*30)meter= 10 meter[/tex]
  • A new baby whale is [tex]\frac{1}{4}[/tex] length of a grown whale. So, the length of a new baby whale [tex]=(\frac{1}{4}*100)feet = 25 feet[/tex] or [tex](\frac{1}{4}*30)meter = 7.5 meter[/tex]
  • The average man is [tex]\frac{1}{17}[/tex] the length of a blue whale. So, the height of the average man [tex]=(\frac{1}{17}*100)feet = 5.88 feet[/tex] or [tex](\frac{1}{17}*30)meter =1.76 meter[/tex]
  • The average man is [tex]\frac{1}{1818}[/tex] the weight of a blue whale. So,  the average man weighs [tex]= (\frac{1}{1818}*300000)pounds= 165.02 pounds[/tex] or [tex]= (\frac{1}{1818}*136000)kilograms= 74.81 kilograms[/tex]
  • A human baby measures [tex]\frac{1}{4}[/tex] of the length of an adult. So, the height of the average human baby [tex]= (\frac{1}{4}*5.88)feet = 1.47 feet[/tex] or [tex]= (\frac{1}{4}*1.76)meter = 0.44 meter [/tex]