divide 30/49 divide 16/21= 45/56

a triangle has a base 15ft and an altitude of 8ft find the area =60ft^2

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
15 years ago

I don't understand what you're trying to do in your first problem.

Your second answer is correct.

User Icon for david david answered
15 years ago

Let me try it this way I am dividing 30/49 by 16/21 or 30/49 dividing by 16/21= 45/56

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
15 years ago

Thanks for clarifying your problem.

Yes. That's correct.

User Icon for david david answered
15 years ago

thank you

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
15 years ago

You're welcome.

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To divide fractions, you can follow these steps:

1. Keep the first fraction as it is: 30/49.
2. Flip the second fraction (the divisor) to find its reciprocal: 21/16 becomes 16/21.
3. Multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction: (30/49) * (16/21).

Now, let's simplify this expression:
To simplify the multiplication of fractions:
- Cancel out any common factors between the numerator of one fraction and the denominator of the other fraction.
- Multiply the remaining numerators together to get the new numerator.
- Multiply the remaining denominators together to get the new denominator.

Applying this to our expression:
- Cancel out the common factor of 2 between the numerator (30) and the denominator (16).
- Cancel out the common factor of 7 between the numerator (21) and the denominator (49).

This gives us:
(30/49) * (16/21) = (15/7) * (2/1).

Now, we multiply the numerators (15 * 2) and the denominators (7 * 1) together to get the final result:
(15/7) * (2/1) = 30/7 = 4 2/7.

Therefore, 30/49 divided by 16/21 is equal to 4 2/7 or 4.2857 (rounded to four decimal places).

Regarding the second question about finding the area of a triangle:

The formula to find the area of a triangle is given by: Area = (Base * Height) / 2.

Given that the base of the triangle is 15ft and the altitude (height) is 8ft, we can apply the formula as follows:

Area = (15 * 8) / 2 = 120 / 2 = 60ft^2.

Therefore, the area of the triangle is 60 square feet.