Question #ceba7
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Explanation:
Let the race be
which is equal to
which is equal to
(
160 minutes, or 2 hours and 40 minutes
Explanation:
The first thing to do is to transform this worded question into a mathematical equation. We first notice the words "3/4 of her race." In worded questions, of is always indicative of multiplication. In this case, we have 3/4 multiplied by this race is equal to 2 hours. If we let
There are three steps to solving this equation. The first is to transform 2 hours into 120 minutes, so as to make the equation easier to re-translate into words.
Then we divide both sides by
Lastly we solve the left-hand side, which we do by flipping the equation and then multiplying, because
Since
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