Homework Help: math

Posted by Luis on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 6:12pm.

2.-The longest one-word name of any place in America is Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchubunagungamaugg.This name for a lake near webster, Massachusetts, is 45 letters long. It is a Native American name that means "You fish on you side, I'll fish on mine, and no one fishes in the middle." Use this word to answer the problems below.
a.- What fraction of the word is made up of the letter g?---------=---------

b.- What fraction of the word is made up of the letter a?---------=----------

c.- What fraction of the word is made up of the letter c?---------=---------

3.-In the space above, write the decimal equivalents for the fraction in Problem 2.

math - Ms. Sue, Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 6:16pm
a. I count 13 g's.
13/45 = 0.288888

What answers to do you get for the other letters?
math - Luis, Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 2:46pm
b.I count 9 a's
9/45=0.2

c. I count 3 c's
3/45=0.066

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