the base of a triangle is 3 inches. the height of a triangle is 12 inches what percent of the height is the base?

Question

 this math problem was on my exam and i was wandering if someone was able to solve it

Answer 1

 

The ratio of the base to the height is 3/12.

 

That reduces to 1/4

 

When converted to a decimal, that is .25

 

When converted to a %, that is 25 %