Gary has a rope that is 9 feet long. He wants to find out how many inches long the rope is. He uses the equation x/12 = 9. Will Gary’s equation find the correct answer? Explain..

Answer 1

No, Gary's equation will not find the correct answer. The equation x/12 = 9 is trying to convert feet to inches by dividing the number of feet by 12 (since there are 12 inches in a foot). However, in this case, Gary's rope is already in feet and he wants to convert it to inches, so he should be multiplying by 12 instead of dividing by 12. The correct equation should be x = 9 * 12, which would give him the correct answer of x = 108 inches.