PLEASE HELP! The top walking deck of a ship is 55 feet long. This is only 11/13 of the length of the ship. How long is the ship?

Mathematics · Middle School · Wed Jan 13 2021

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Given :

Length of walking deck of a ship = 55 feet

Walking deck is 11/13 th part of the length of the ship. So, let the length of ship be x

Then, 

11/13 x = 55

x = 55 × 13/11

x = 65 feet 

 

Hence, ship is 65 feet long.