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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To find out how tall the son is, we need to multiply the height of the basketball player by 1/4.
6 2/3 feet can be written as an improper fraction: 6 + 2/3 = (6*3 + 2)/3 = 20/3 feet.
Now, to find 1/4 of 20/3 feet, we multiply 20/3 by 1/4:
(20/3) * (1/4) = (20*1)/(3*4) = 20/12 = 5/3 feet.
Therefore, the son is 5/3 feet tall.
To find out how tall the basketball player's son is, we need to multiply his height by 1/4.
First, let's convert the basketball player's height to a mixed number:
6 2/3 feet = 6 + 2/3 feet = 18/3 + 2/3 feet = 20/3 feet.
Next, we can find the son's height by multiplying the basketball player's height by 1/4:
20/3 feet * 1/4 = (20 * 1) / (3 * 4) = 20/12 feet.
Simplifying the fraction, we get:
20/12 = 5/3 feet.
Therefore, the son is 5/3 feet (or 1 2/3 feet) tall.