Araceli needs to be 4 feet to ride an amusement park ride, convert first 4 feet into inches.
Recall that 1 feet = 12 inches
[tex]\begin{gathered} 4\text{ ft}\times\frac{12\text{ in}}{1\text{ ft}} \\ =4\cancel{\text{ ft}}\times\frac{12\text{ in}}{1\cancel{\text{ ft}}} \\ =48\text{ inches} \end{gathered}[/tex]Araceli needs to be 48 inches to ride the amusement park. Since she is currently 40 inches in height, she needs 8 inches more to grow.
