A basketball player is 6 2/3

Question

feet tall. His infant son is 1/4
as tall. How tall is his son. write as a fraction

Answer 1

To find out how tall the son is, we need to multiply the height of the basketball player by 1/4.

Height of the son = Height of the basketball player * 1/4

Height of the son = (6 2/3 feet) * (1/4)

To multiply the fractions, we need to convert the mixed number 6 2/3 to an improper fraction.

6 2/3 = (6*3 + 2)/3 = 20/3

So, the equation becomes:

Height of the son = (20/3 feet) * (1/4)

To multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators (top numbers) and the denominators (bottom numbers):

Height of the son = 20/3 * 1/4

Multiplying the numerators gives us:

Height of the son = 20 * 1 / (3 * 4)

Height of the son = 20/12

The final height of the son, written as a fraction, is 20/12.