. A basketball player is 6 2/3
feet tall. His infant son is 1/4
as tall. How tall is his son?
To find the height of the son, we need to multiply the height of the basketball player by 1/4.
Height of son = Height of basketball player * 1/4
Height of basketball player = 6 2/3 feet
We can convert 6 2/3 into an improper fraction:
6 2/3 = (6 * 3 + 2) / 3 = 20/3 feet
So, the height of the basketball player is 20/3 feet.
Now, let's calculate the height of the son:
Height of son = (20/3 feet) * (1/4)
Multiply the numerators: 20 * 1 = 20
Multiply the denominators: 3 * 4 = 12
Height of son = 20/12 feet
Next, simplify the fraction:
20/12 feet = 10/6 feet = (10/2) * 1/6 = 5/3 feet
Therefore, the son's height is 5/3 feet.
To find out how tall the basketball player's son is, we need to calculate 1/4 of the player's height.
First, let's convert the basketball player's height to a fraction.
The basketball player is 6 feet plus 2/3 feet. We can convert 2/3 feet to a fraction with a common denominator of 3, so it becomes 6 2/3 = (6 * 3 + 2) / 3 = 20/3 feet.
Now, let's find 1/4 of the basketball player's height.
To do that, we'll multiply 20/3 feet by 1/4.
(20/3) * (1/4) = 20/12 = 5/3 feet.
Therefore, the basketball player's infant son is 5/3 feet tall.