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the trail is 3395 miles long. it begins in city A and ends in city B. Manfred has hiked 2/7 of the trail before. how many miles has he hiked?

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3395 multiplied by two sevenths would give you an answer of 970
User TrueCoke
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We can set up an equation for 2/7 = x/3395
We can then solve for x by isolating it. We will multiply each side by 3395 to get x by itself
Our equation is now 3395× (2/7)=x
3395×(2/7)=970
So x=970
He has hiked 970 miles
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