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Miss Stevens drove through a total of 36 intersections on her way home from work last week at four of every 16 intersections Miss Stevens had to stop for a red light before she could drive through at how many intersections did Miss Stevens have to stop for a red light

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Answer:

8 intersections

Explanation:

Miss Stevens drove through a total of 36 intersections on her way home from work last week.

At four of every 16 intersections Miss Stevens had to stop for a red light before she could drive through .

This is calculated as:

36 intersections ÷ 16 intersections

= 2 4/16

= 2 1/4

At four of every 16 intersections Miss Stevens had to stop for a red light before she could drive through .

4 of every 16 intersections = stop for a red light

Hence:

16/4 = 4 intersections

Hence: 4 intersections = 1 stop for a read

The number of intersections that Miss Stevens had to stop for a red light is:

2 × 4 intersections = 8 intersections

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