Question

Ling walks 3/8 of a distance home from school in 9 minutes she wants to know how long it take her to walk the entire distance at the same speed when is the expression 9 / 3/8 and 9 * 3/8 to find the answer explain what is wrong with expression then write the correct solution

Answer 1

24 minutes

Explanation:

we know that

Ling walks 3/8 of a distance home from school in 9 minutes

so

using proportion

Find out how long it take her to walk the entire distance at the same speed

Let

x -----> the time in minutes

Remember that the fraction that represent the entire distance is 8/8=1

`((3/8))/(9)=(1)/(x)\\\\x=9/(3/8)\\\\x=(72)/(3)=24\ min`

The expression is incorrect, because it is 9*8/3 instead of 9*3/8