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The trail is 2763 miles long. It begins in city A and ends in city B. Manfred has hiked two ninths

of the trail before. How many miles has he​ hiked?

User Krysten
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Manfred has hiked this before:


(2)/(9)(2763)=614miles

The reason is simple. 2763 miles represents the whole path, so 2/9 is a fraction of this path.
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