What is the ratio of 4 feet to 31 inches ?

Answer 1

4 feet * 48 inches = 48/31

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31 inches 1 foot

Answer 2

Hi Kenzie P.,

A ratio is a proportion between two quantities. Here, you have the quantities in different units. So convert the feet measurement into just inches, and ratio that result to the already-inches value.

Moral: you would like a ratio to be "unitless", not in the form of XX:YY feet:inches. So get your units to match up, then do the ratioing.

Moral 2: You may express a ratio in various ways. For example, the ratio 4:3 can be expressed as that, or as (1+1/3):1, or even as 1:(3/4) . Probably your teacher would prefer one of those, but I don't know which.

-- Cheers, --Mr. d.