Question

A zookeeper is 6 and 1/4 feet tall A young giraffe in his care is 9 and 3/8 tallHow many times as tall as the zookeeper is the giraffe? ​

Answer 1

can some one help

Answer 2

Are you able to convert from mixed numbers to improper fractions?

Answer 3

yes

Answer 4

what does 6 & 1/4 convert to?

Answer 5

25/4

Answer 6

correct

Answer 7

how about 9 & 3/8?

Answer 8

and 9 and 3/8= 75/8

Answer 9

also correct

Answer 10

so what we need to do is solve for x in the equation
(25/4)x = 75/8

Answer 11

um im confused

Answer 12

To start things off, I would multiply both sides by 8 to clear out the fractions
(25/4)x = 75/8
8*(25/4)x = 8*75/8
2*25x = 75
50x = 75
What's the next step?

Answer 13

what do u mean by this
25/4)x = 75/8

Answer 14

im still confused can you break it down easier

Answer 15

I'm multiplying the person's height by x to get the giraffe's height

Answer 16

Just as a simpler example

Let's say the person was 6 ft tall and the giraffe was 12 feet tall
This would lead to the equation 6x = 12 which solves to x = 2 when we divide both sides by 6.

x = 2 means the giraffe is 2 times taller compared to the human

Answer 17

ohh💆

Answer 18

Hopefully that makes more sense now?

Answer 19

yup

Answer 20

ok great

Answer 21

whats next

Answer 22

So we'll use the same idea for 50x = 75

Answer 23

what must we divide both sides of 50x = 75 to isolate x?

Answer 24

0.66

Answer 25

i think

Answer 26

im not quite sure

Answer 27

50x means 50 times x
we need to undo that multiplication of 50

Answer 28

Going back to 6x = 12, I divided both sides by 6
To solve 50x = 75, we need to divide both sides by _____

Answer 29

1.5

Answer 30

helloooo UWU

Answer 31

no, we'll divide both sides by 50

Answer 32

so we divide 75 and 50 and 50 and 50

Answer 33

yes and the 50/50 cancels out as my drawing shows

Answer 34

so you just need to determine what 75/50 is equal to

Answer 35

do you mean the fraction 75/50

Answer 36

yes you'll need to convert the fraction 75/50 into a mixed number

Answer 37

1 25
50

Answer 38

or to minimize it would be 1 1
2

Answer 39

then what does 25/50 reduce to?

Answer 40

yes you beat me to it

Answer 41

75/50 = 1 & 1/2

Answer 42

ok so is the answer 1 1/2

Answer 43

yes 1 and a half

Answer 44

says incorrect tho

Answer 45

i have another problem just like this one

Answer 46

try 3/2 if it doesn't like 1 & 1/2

Answer 47

and you could also try 1.5

3/2 = 1 & 1/2 = 1.5
they are all different ways of saying the same thing

Answer 48

incorrect still

Answer 49

I'm not sure then. It's probably a typo. I would ask your teacher to look into it.

Answer 50

ok i have another question just like this one sorry to bother you 🤗

Answer 51

no worries, go ahead

Answer 52

ok one sec

Answer 53

A rectangular bathroom floor is covered with square tiles that are 1and 1/2 feet by 1 and 1/2 feet the length of the bathroom floor is 10 and 1/2 feet and the width is 6 1/2 feet .ow many tiles does it take to cover the width of the floor?

Answer 54

there

Answer 55

hello idk if your still there

Answer 56

hello UWU

Answer 57

yes I'm reading it over

Answer 58

oh ok sorry

Answer 59

1 & 1/2 converts to 3/2
6 & 1/2 converts to what improper fraction?

Answer 60

13/2

Answer 61

Actually it might be easier to use decimals here
1 & 1/2 = 1.5
6 & 1/2 = what decimal number

Answer 62

6.5

Answer 63

yes
so if x is the number of tiles along the width, then
1.5x = 6.5
is the equation we need to solve

Answer 64

can you draw it out im a visualizer

Answer 65

sure I'll give a similar example

Answer 66

Let's say each tile was 2 inches wide
And let's say we have a very small room that is 12 inches (1 foot) wide

This is what the drawing would look like

That drawing shows how the solution to 2x = 12 is x = 6
In other words, we need 6 tiles along the width of the room.

Answer 67

ok

Answer 68

whats next

Answer 69

So we need to solve 1.5x = 6.5

Answer 70

to do so, divide both sides by _____