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The hand [hh] is a traditional unit for measuring the height of horses and has been standardized to equal4 inches [in]. The largest horse in recorded history was a Shire horse named Mammoth measuring 21.5 hands [hh]. Convert this height to feet [ft] and inches [in] (for example, 5.5 feet = 5 feet, 6 inches).
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