Question

How do you convert 240 in to ft?

Answer 1

240 inches is the same as 20 feet

Explanation:

Known that there are 12 inches in 1 foot

Using ratio:

`("feet")/("inches") -> 1/12 -= ("Answer")/240`

Known that `12xx20=240`

Multiply by 1 and you do not change the value. However, 1 comes in many forma so you can change the way something looks without changing its inherent value.

`color(green)( 1/12color(red)(xx1)" " =" " 1/12color(red)(xx20/20)" "=" "20/240`