John made this model to show \frac{4}{7}\times\frac{13}{9} 7 4 ​ × 9 13 ​ Using John's model, what is \frac{4}{7}\times\frac{13}{9} 7 4 ​ × 9 13 ​ ? You may use the scratchpad to show your work.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

See attachment for model

Required

Determine from the model

The model is represented by:

To get: , we consider the first partition

The number of shaded box is 63 ---- this represents the denominator

The total boxes shaded at the bottom is 36 ---- this represents the numerator

So, we have:

To get: , we consider the first partition

The number of shaded box is 63 ---- this represents the denominator

The total boxes shaded at the bottom is 16 (do not count the gray boxes) ---- this represents the numerator

So, we have:

The equation becomes:

step-by-step explanation:

given that there are two triangles j'k'l' and jkl>

the former is got by dilating the second one.

when drawn on a grid, (graph paper) coordinates of vertices of first triangle is

(6,12)j, (9,6)k and (12,9)l

side jk has length = distance between j and k

=

side j'k'=distance between j' and k'

=

ie j'k'l' has sides 1/3 of that of corresponding sides of jkl.

hence scale factor of 1/3 is used to get j'k'l'from jkl