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A hyena runs 2 kilometers for every 2/5 kilometer a mouse runs.

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The hyena runs
kilometers for every kilometer the mouse runs.

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Answer:

The hyena runs 5 kilometers for every kilometer the mouse runs!

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i hope this is correct ;)

User Gishara
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Answer:
The hyena runs 5 kilometers for every kilometer the mouse runs

Step-by-step explanation:
We are given that:
A hyena runs 2 kilometers for every 2/5 kilometer a mouse runs.
We can simply use cross multiplication to know how many km the hyena runs for every one km the mouse runs as follows:
hyena runs 2 km ..............> mouse runs 2/5 km
?? km ..............................> mouse runs 1 km
number of km = (1*2) / (2/5) = 5 km

Hope this helps :)
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