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A tree grows 1/4 foot in 1/12 year. How many feet does the tree grow in 1 year

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The tree grows 1/4 foot each month (1/12 of a year)So the tree grows (1/4)(12) feet in a year. That is 3 feet. In math: (1/4) / (1/12)       (1/4) · 12         to divide by a fraction, invert and multiply3
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1 feet in 1 year :) Hope this helped
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