Question

A giraffe at a zoo is 12 feet tall. An elephant at the zoo is 3/4 of that height.

What is the height of the elephant

Answer 1

The answer is 9 feet tall

The way to do that is to first divide 12 by 4 once you have figured out that that is 3 you want to time 3 by 3 cause it is 3/4

Answer 2

The elephant would be 9 feet tall

Explanation:

it simple:

if the giraffe is 12 feet tall and the elephant is 3/4 the hight of the giraffe then all you would have to do is 12x3/4

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