write the ratio 20 inches to 3 feet using fractional notation. simplify the fraction to lowest terms. use 1 foot = 12 inches to first write feet as inches.
3/20
5/9
20/3
9/5
To write feet as inches using the conversion 1 foot = 12 inches, multiply 3 feet by 12 inches/foot:
3 feet * 12 inches/foot = 36 inches
Therefore, the ratio 20 inches to 3 feet can be written as:
20 inches : 36 inches
To simplify this fraction to the lowest terms, divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which in this case is 4:
20/4 : 36/4
Simplifying further, we get:
5/9
Therefore, the simplified fraction for the ratio 20 inches to 3 feet is 5/9.
To write the ratio 20 inches to 3 feet using fractional notation, we first need to convert the feet to inches using the conversion factor 1 foot = 12 inches.
3 feet = 3 * 12 = 36 inches
Now the ratio becomes 20 inches to 36 inches.
To simplify this fraction to lowest terms, we can divide both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 4 in this case.
20 ÷ 4 = 5
36 ÷ 4 = 9
Therefore, the simplified fraction is 5/9.
To write the ratio 20 inches to 3 feet using fractional notation, we first need to convert feet to inches using the conversion factor 1 foot = 12 inches.
Since 1 foot is equivalent to 12 inches, we can multiply 3 feet by 12 inches/foot to get:
3 feet * 12 inches/foot = 36 inches
So, the ratio 20 inches to 3 feet can be written as 20/36.
To simplify this fraction to its lowest terms, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which in this case is 4:
20/36 = (20 ÷ 4) / (36 ÷ 4) = 5/9
So, the simplified fraction for the ratio 20 inches to 3 feet is 5/9.