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emma drives 1/4 of the way to work and uses 1/9 gallon of gas what fraction of the distance can she drive to work which one gallon of gas?

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Final answer:

Emma can drive 1/4 of the distance to work with one gallon of gas.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out what fraction of the distance Emma can drive to work with one gallon of gas, we need to find the fraction of the distance she can drive with 1/9 gallon of gas and then multiply it by the number of gallons in one gallon.

Emma drives 1/4 of the way to work and uses 1/9 gallon of gas. So, she can drive 1/4 * 1/9 = 1/36 of the distance to work with 1/9 gallon of gas.

To find the fraction of the distance she can drive with one gallon of gas, we multiply 1/36 by the number of gallons in one gallon: 1/36 * 9/1 = 9/36 = 1/4.

Therefore, Emma can drive 1/4 of the distance to work with one gallon of gas.

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This isn’t easy due to fractions but you just need to find a common denominator, what goes into 9 evenly and also goes into 4 evenly. 36 works and it is the lowest common denominator. What number multiplied by 9 gets you 36? (36/9) 4. So Emma uses 4/36ths of a gallon of gas to get 9/36ths of the way to work. So you take (4/36) or .25 and multiply that by 9 to get...


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