Question

kristen wants to cut ladder rungs from a 6 ft board, if each rung is 3/4 ft, how many rungs can she cut?

Answer 1

how many times 3/4 go into 6?

well
`\bf \cfrac{\quad 6\quad }{(3)/(4)}\implies \cfrac{\quad (6)/(1)\quad }{(3)/(4)}\implies \cfrac{6}{1}\cdot \cfrac{4}{3}\implies \cfrac{6\cdot 4}{1\cdot 3}\implies \cfrac{24}{3}\implies 8`