Question

Fred is 5 inches shorter than the quotient of Rick’s height and 4. let r represent Rick’s height. Write an expression that represents Fred’s height

Answer 1

• Let r represent Rick’s height.
• Therefore, the quotient of Rick’s height and 4
• $= \frac{r}{4}$
• Fred is 5 inches shorter than the quotient of Rick’s height and 4.
• Therefore, an expression that represents Fred’s height is
• $\frac{r}{4} - 5$

Answer:

$\frac{r}{4} - 5$

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Answer 2

• r represents height of Rick
• Quotient of r and 4 means r is divided by 4

The expression till now

$\\ \sf{:}\Rrightarrow \dfrac{r}{4}$

But we need the expression for five less than the quotient

$\\ \sf{:}\Rrightarrow \dfrac{r}{4}-5$