Question

There are eight furlongs in a mile and two weeks in a fortnight. If I travel 2800 furlongs in a fortnight, how many miles per day, rounded to the nearest whole number, did I travel?

Answer 1

Hello there! So, a fortnight is two weeks and two weeks is 14 days. You traveled 2,800 furlongs in two weeks. First off, let's divide the number of furlongs by the amount per mile. 2,800/8 is 350. That's 350 miles in two weeks. Now, we can divide 350 by 14 to find the amount traveled in 14 days. 350/14 is 25. There. You traveled 25 miles per day.

Answer 2

We travel 25 miles per day.

Explanation:

Givens

• There are eight furlongs in a mile.
• There are two weeks in a fortnight.

If we travel 2800 furlongs, that means we need to transform to mile. We know there are eight furlong in a mile, so

`2800furlongs(1mile)/(8furlongs) =350miles`

So, we travel 350 miles, in a fortnight, but a fortnight equals two weeks, which is 14 days.

Then, we divide the total miles with the total days

`(350mi)/(14days)= 25mi/day`

Therefore, we travel 25 miles per day.