A basketball player is 6 2/3 feet tall. His infant son is 1/4 as tall. How tall is his son?(1 point)
Responses
1 1/2 ft.
1 Start Fraction 1 over 2 End Fraction ft.
2 2/12 ft.
2 Start Fraction 2 over 12 End Fraction ft.
1 2/3 ft.
1 Start Fraction 2 over 3 End Fraction ft.
2 2/3 ft.
To find the height of the basketball player's son, we need to multiply the basketball player's height by 1/4.
6 2/3 feet * 1/4 = (6 + 2/3) * 1/4
To multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators together and the denominators together.
= (20/3) * (1/4)
= 20/12
The fraction 20/12 can be simplified to 1 2/12 feet.
Therefore, the son is 1 2/12 feet tall.
To find the height of the son, we need to multiply the height of the basketball player by 1/4.
The height of the basketball player is 6 2/3 feet, which can also be written as 20/3 feet.
Multiplying 20/3 feet by 1/4 gives us:
(20/3) * (1/4) = 20/12 = 5/3 feet.
Converting 5/3 feet to a mixed number gives us:
5/3 = 1 2/3 feet.
Therefore, the son is 1 2/3 feet tall.