1180.43 – Gleepers & Blahmies

If a gleeper is as long as two bligs and a half-gleeper, and a blahmie is as long as two gleepers and a half-blahmie, and a fooster is as long as two blahmies and a half-fooster, then how many bligs long is a half-fooster?

Solution 1 gleeper=2 bligs+12 gleeper½ gleeper=2 bligs1 gleeper=4 bligs.1 blahmie=2 gleepers+12 blahmie12 blahmie=2 gleepers1 blahmie=4 gleepers.1 fooster=2 blahmies+12 fooster½ fooster=2 blahmies=2(4 gleepers)=8 gleepers=8(4 bligs)=32 bligs. \begin{aligned} 1 \text{ gleeper} &=& 2 \text{ bligs} + \frac{1}{2} \text{ gleeper} \\ ½ \text{ gleeper} &=& 2 \text{ bligs} \\ 1 \text{ gleeper} &=& 4 \text{ bligs}. \\ 1 \text{ blahmie} &=& 2 \text{ gleepers} + \frac{1}{2} \text{ blahmie} \\ \frac{1}{2} \text{ blahmie} &=& 2 \text{ gleepers} \\ 1 \text{ blahmie} &=& 4 \text{ gleepers}. \\ 1 \text{ fooster} &=& 2 \text{ blahmies} + \frac{1}{2} \text{ fooster} \\ ½ \text{ fooster} &=& 2 \text{ blahmies} \\ &=& 2 (4 \text{ gleepers}) \\ &=& 8 \text{ gleepers} \\ &=& 8 (4 \text{ bligs}) \\ &=& 32 \text{ bligs}. \end{aligned}