Question

A wall Of a building is 34 inches wide, 14 inches is concrete, 12 inches is brick, and 8 inches is limestone. what fraction of the wall is brick?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

It is given that,

A building is 34 inches wide. Its 14 inches is concrete, 12 inches is brick, and 8 inches is limestone. We need to find the fraction of the wall is brick.

A fraction is in the form of x/y. y is total value and x is a part of y.

Here, 12 inches is brick. So, its fraction is :

`F=(12)/(34)=(6)/(17)`

So, fraction of
`(6)/(17)` is the wall which is brick.