2.-The longest one-word name of any place in America is Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchubunagungamaugg.This name for a lake near webster, Massachusetts, is 45 letters long. It is a Native American name that means "You fish on you side, I'll fish on mine, and no one fishes in the middle." Use this word to answer the problems below.
a.- What fraction of the word is made up of the letter g?---------=---------
b.- What fraction of the word is made up of the letter a?---------=----------
c.- What fraction of the word is made up of the letter c?---------=---------
3.-In the space above, write the decimal equivalents for the fraction in Problem 2.
a. I count 13 g's.
13/45 = 0.288888
What answers to do you get for the other letters?
b.I count 9 a's
9/45=0.2
c. I count 3 c's
3/45=0.066
15/45
1/3 - 1/4
= 4/12 - 3/12
= 1/12
= 0.083333333333
is 1/3 - 1/4 mixed numbers
To answer these questions, we need to count the number of occurrences of each letter in the word "Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchubunagungamaugg."
a) To find the fraction of the word that is made up of the letter "g," we first need to count how many times the letter "g" appears in the word. Counting, we find that the letter "g" appears 15 times. The total number of letters in the word is 45. Therefore, the fraction of the word made up of the letter "g" is 15/45. Simplifying this fraction gives us 1/3.
b) Following the same process, we count that the letter "a" appears 5 times in the word. Thus, the fraction of the word made up of the letter "a" is 5/45.
c) Similarly, we count that the letter "c" appears 2 times in the word. Thus, the fraction of the word made up of the letter "c" is 2/45.
To convert these fractions into decimal equivalents in problem 3:
a) The fraction 1/3 can be converted to a decimal by dividing the numerator (1) by the denominator (3). The decimal equivalent of 1/3 is approximately 0.33333.
b) The fraction 5/45 can be converted to a decimal by dividing the numerator (5) by the denominator (45). The decimal equivalent of 5/45 is approximately 0.11111.
c) The fraction 2/45 can be converted to a decimal by dividing the numerator (2) by the denominator (45). The decimal equivalent of 2/45 is approximately 0.04444.
I hope this helps!