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 2/3 ft.
2 2/12 ft.
1 1/2 ft.
2 2/3 ft.
sorry ...
(20/3) * 1/4 = 5/3 = 1 2/3
Apologies for the previous incorrect calculation.
To find the height of the son, we multiply the height of the basketball player (6 2/3) by 1/4:
(20/3) * 1/4 = (20/3) / (4/1) = (20/3) * (1/4) = 20/12 = 5/3 = 1 2/3
Therefore, the height of the son is 1 2/3 feet.
To find the height of the basketball player's son, 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 find 1/4 of 6 2/3, we need to first convert the mixed number to an improper fraction.
6 2/3 = (6 x 3 + 2) / 3 = 20 / 3
Now, we can find 1/4 of 20/3 by multiplying:
(1/4) x (20/3) = 20/12 = 5/3
Therefore, the height of the basketball player's son is 5/3 feet.
Converting the improper fraction to a mixed number, we have:
5/3 = 1 2/3 feet.
So, the correct answer is 1 2/3 ft.
To find out how tall the son is compared to the basketball player, we need to multiply the height of the basketball player by the given fraction, which is 1/4.
First, let's convert the height of the basketball player to a fraction. Since the player is 6 2/3 feet tall, we can write it as an improper fraction:
6 2/3 = (6 * 3 + 2) / 3 = 20/3
Next, we can multiply the height of the basketball player (20/3) by the fraction representing the son's height (1/4):
(20/3) * (1/4) = (20 * 1) / (3 * 4) = 20/12
Now we can simplify the fraction 20/12 by finding the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator and denominator. The GCD of 20 and 12 is 4, so we can divide both the numerator and denominator by 4:
(20/12) / 4 = 5/3
Therefore, the son is 5/3 feet tall. In mixed number form, this is equal to 1 2/3 feet. So, the correct answer is 1 2/3 ft.
To find the height of the son, we need to multiply the height of the basketball player by 1/4.
6 2/3 * 1/4 = (6 + 2/3) * 1/4 = (18/3 + 2/3) * 1/4 = (20/3) * 1/4 = 5/3 * 1/4 = 5/12
Therefore, the height of the son is 5/12 feet.
The answer is 2 2/12 ft.