To determine how many inches are in 4 feet, we need to consider that there are 12 inches in a foot.
Calculating the total inches in 4 feet:
\[ 4 \text{ feet} \times 12 \text{ inches/foot} = 48 \text{ inches} \]
Now, let's analyze the provided expressions:
- 12 + 4: This does not equal 48, so it doesn't work.
- 12 + 4 (duplicate): Same as above, still doesn't work.
- 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4: This is 4 added 12 times, which equals 48. This works.
- 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 (duplicate): Same as above, still works.
- 12 + 12 + 12 + 12: This equals 48 (12 added 4 times), so this works.
- 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 (duplicate): Same as above, still works.
- 4 × 12: This equals 48 (4 times 12), so this works.
- 12 ÷ 4: This equals 3, which does not work.
The expressions that correctly describe how many inches are in 4 feet are:
- 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 (or the duplicate of this).
- 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 (or the duplicate of this).
- 4 × 12.
Thus, the three expressions that apply are:
- 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4
- 12 + 12 + 12 + 12
- 4 × 12