Megan likes to jog around a duck pond near her house. The distance around the pond is .4 mi. How many laps around the pond are necessary to run 5 mi?
2006-10-30 08:43:43 · 8 answers · asked by RJ 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
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2006-10-30 08:45:36 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
All you do to get this answer is devide the total miles (5mi) by the distance around the pond (.4 mi) and you get your answer so this is how it should look when you write it out
5/.4=x
or even
.4x=5 (move the .4 under 5*dividing* then divide it and get x)
its a simple problem just remember to divide the total(desired miles) by the distance of one lap
you should get 12.5 but if she only makes full laps then she would need to run 13 laps which would be 5.2 miles (.4 multiplied by 13)
2006-10-30 16:54:14 · answer #2 · answered by amberslilsis06 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
5 mi/ .4 mi= 5(10/4)= 50/4 laps= 25/2 laps
12.5 laps
2006-10-30 16:46:42 · answer #3 · answered by Greg G 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take 5 divided by .4
5/.4 = 50/4 = 12.5
If she cannot run a fraction of a lap, then she will need to run 13 laps in order to run 5 miles.
2006-10-30 16:46:03 · answer #4 · answered by MsMath 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
5/4 rounds
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2006-10-30 16:46:12 · answer #5 · answered by Thermo 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
0.4 mi/lap * L = 5 miles
L = 5 / 0.4 = 12.5 laps
2006-10-30 17:04:50 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. J. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
5 mi/.4mi/lap=12.5 laps
2006-10-30 16:45:29 · answer #7 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
.4x=5 solve that
2006-10-30 16:46:37 · answer #8 · answered by K L 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋