A basketball player is 6 2/3 feet tall. His infant son is 1/4 as tall. How tall is his son?
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1 2/3 ft.
1 2/3 ft.
2 2/12 ft.
2 2/12 ft.
1 1/2 ft.
1 1/2 ft.
2 2/3 ft.
2 2/3 ft.
To find out how tall the son is, we need to find 1/4 of the player's height.
First, let's convert the player's height to a mixed number:
6 2/3 = 6 + 2/3 = 18/3 + 2/3 = 20/3 feet
Now, to find 1/4 of the player's height:
1/4 * 20/3 = (1 * 20) / (4 * 3) = 20/12 = 5/3 = 1 2/3 feet
Therefore, the son is 1 2/3 feet tall.
To find out how tall the basketball player's son is, we can calculate 1/4 of the player's height:
6 2/3 ft * 1/4 = 26/3 ft * 1/4 = (26 * 1) / (3 * 4) = 26/12 ft.
Simplifying the fraction, we get 2 2/12 ft.
Therefore, the son is 2 2/12 ft tall, which can also be simplified to 1 1/6 ft.
To find out how tall the basketball player's son is, we need to calculate 1/4 of the basketball player's height.
The basketball player's height is given as 6 2/3 feet. To convert the mixed number 6 2/3 to an improper fraction, we multiply the whole number (6) by the denominator of the fraction (3) and add the numerator (2) to get the new numerator. This gives us (6 * 3) + 2 = 20/3. Therefore, the basketball player's height is 20/3 feet.
To find 1/4 of the basketball player's height, we multiply the basketball player's height by 1/4. Multiplying fractions involves multiplying the numerators together and the denominators together. So (20/3) * (1/4) = (20 * 1) / (3 * 4) = 20/12.
The fraction 20/12 can be simplified by finding the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator (20) and the denominator (12). The GCD of 20 and 12 is 4, so dividing both the numerator and the denominator by 4 gives us 5/3.
Therefore, the basketball player's son is 5/3 feet tall, which is equivalent to 1 2/3 feet.