Question

Fred is 5 inches shorter than the quotient of Rick’s height and 4. let r represent Rick’s height. Write an expression that represents Fred’s height

Answer 1

• r represents height of Rick
• Quotient of r and 4 means r is divided by 4

The expression till now

`\\ \sf{:}\Rrightarrow (r)/(4)`

But we need the expression for five less than the quotient

`\\ \sf{:}\Rrightarrow (r)/(4)-5`

Answer 2

• Let r represent Rick’s height.
• Therefore, the quotient of Rick’s height and 4
• 
  `= (r)/(4)`
• Fred is 5 inches shorter than the quotient of Rick’s height and 4.
• Therefore, an expression that represents Fred’s height is
• 
  `(r)/(4) - 5`

`(r)/(4) - 5`

Hope you could get an idea from here.

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