Question

Mrs. Killian assigned the following problem to her "Convert any number of inches to its equivalent number of feet." Some of the student responses are shown in the table below Student Response Colin 34 inches = 22 feet Aaron 66 inches = 5.5 feet Franklin 2 inches = 24 feet Luis 36 inches = 2.5 feet Which students answered incorrectly? Why are they wrong?

Answer 1

By definition,

`1\text{ inch= }(1)/(12)\text{ fe}et`

Then,

`34\text{ inches = }(34)/(12)=2.83\text{ fe}et`
`66\text{ inches = }(66)/(12)=\text{ 5.5 fe}et`
`2\text{ inches = }(2)/(12)=0.166\text{ fe}et`