a manufacturer produces a certain men ' s athletic shoe in integer sizes from 8 to 17 . for this particular shoe , each unit increase in size corresponds to a 1 / 5 - inch increase in the length of the shoe . if the largest size of this shoe is 40 % longer than the smallest size , how long , in inches , is the shoe in size 15 ?
let x be the length of the size 8 shoe . then 0.4 x = 9 / 5 x = 4.5 inches the size 15 shoe has a length of 4.5 + 7 / 5 = 5.9 inches the answer is b .
add(divide(multiply(divide(1, 5), subtract(17, 8)), divide(40, const_100)), multiply(subtract(15, 8), divide(1, 5)))