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A student walks 1/4 Mile from her home to the store on her way to a friend's house if the store is 1/3 of the way to a friend's house how far is her friend's house for my home

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the store is 1/3 the way to her friend's house, not 1/3 mile.

this explains solution:

1/3x = 1/4

x = 1/4 * 1/3

x = 3/4

Notes:

X: is the total distance.

1/3 is the one portion of total distance.

1/4 mile is the distance store.

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